From analphabetic to script obsessed -- A history: For colored girls who have considered suicide / When the rainbow is enuf -- Unrecovered losses / Black theater traditions -- My pen is a machete -- Takin' a solo / A poetic possibility / A poetic imperative -- How I moved Anna Fierling to the southwest territories or my personal victory over the armies of western civilization -- Getting where I haveta be / The nature of collaboration in recent works -- Why I had to dance -- Movement / Melody / Muscle / Meaning / Mcintyre -- Did I hear the congregation say amen? -- A celebration of Black survival / Black dance America / Brooklyn Academy of Music / April 21-24, 1983 -- Bang on! -- 2 live crew -- The couch -- The dark room -- Dear daddy, "el amor que tu me das. . ." -- Ellie, who is my mother -- On silk -- In search of a home -- However you come to me -- Mr. Wrong -- Justice -- Porque tu no m'entrende? Whatcha mean you can't understand me? -- Letter to a young poet -- First love.
Summary:
"In this deeply personal book, the celebrated writer reflects on what it means to be an artist, a woman, and a woman of color through a beautiful combination of memoir and essay."--P. [2] of jacket.
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