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Author:

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994, author.

Title:

Sacred spells : collected works / Assotto Saint ; edited by Michele Karlsberg.

Publisher:

Nightboat books,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xxi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Homosexuality--Poetry.
Gay men, Black--Poetry.
Racism--Poetry.
AIDS (Disease)--Poetry.
American poetry--20th century.
American essays--20th century.
American drama--20th century.
Homosexuality
Racism
poetry.
Poetry
Poetry.
Essays.
Drama.
Literature.
Poésie.
Littérature.

Other Authors:

Sneed, Pamela, author of introduction.
Coan, Jaime Shearn, writer of introduction.
Karlsberg, Michele, editor.

Other Titles:

Works. Selections

Notes:

"With essays by Pamela Sneed and Jaime Shearn Coan"--Back cover Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"In this timely collection of poetry, plays, fiction, and performance texts, Assotto Saint draws upon music and incantation, his Haitian heritage, and a politics of liberation to weaves together a tapestry of literature that celebrates life in the face of death. Influential to contemporary writers such as Essex Hemphill, Marlon Riggs, and Melvin Dixon, Sacred Spells is Saint's crucial legacy-five hundred incandescent pages of painful, lyric writing that exemplifies the visceral, spiritual dimensions of an artistic practice that's integral to Black and LGBTQ activist movements worldwide, both historic and present."-- Provided by publisher

ISBN:

9781643621562
1643621564

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1310396703

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)