Teahouse of the Almighty (National Poetry)
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (603 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566891930 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 114 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Smith even offers fine advice: "Breathe/ like your living depends on it." (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. She celebrates sex and sexuality, from the public display of celebrities to the power of the female orgasm: "Don't hate me because I'm multiple." She considers the heritage of black American art, in musical performance and in writing. Finally, she describes the experience of performance itself, with all its pride and embarrassment: "Angry, jubilant, weeping poets we are all/ saviors, reluctant hosannas in the limelight." Several poems also animate the troubled lives of famous blues singers; elsewhere, a mother considers how her incarcerated son became a "jailhouse scribe." A superb variety of lines and forms—short and long, hesitant and rapid-fire—gives the book additional depth. All rights reserved. Present a
Featured in the film Slamnation and on the HBO series Def Poetry Jam, Smith is back with her first book in over a decade—a National Poetry Series winner weaving passionate, bluesy narratives into an empowering, finely tuned cele-bration of poetry’s liberating power.. Her poems get under the skin of their subjects. Smith’s poetry is all poetry. And visceral. Their passion and empathy, their real worldliness, are blockbuster.”—Marvin Bell“I was weeping for the beauty of poetry when I reached the end of the final poem.”—Edward Sanders, National Poetry Series judgeFrom Lollapalooza to Carnegie Hall, Patricia Smith has taken the stage as this nation’s premier performance poet. A National Poetry Series winner, chosen by Edward Sanders.“What power