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Author:

Coleman, Wanda, author.

Title:

Wicked enchantment : selected poems / Wanda Coleman ; edited & introduced by Terrance Hayes.

Publisher:

Black Sparrow Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xvii, 221 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American poetry.
Poetry--Women authors.
American poetry--African American authors.

Other Authors:

Hayes, Terrance, writer of introduction. writer of introduction.

Contents:

Wanda in her own words.
Mad dog Black lady -- Imagoes -- Heavy daughter blues -- African sleeping sickness -- Hand dance -- American sonnets -- Bathwater wine -- Mercurochrome.

Summary:

"Wanda Coleman-"the unofficial poet laureate of L.A."-passed away in 2013, but her influence casts a long shadow across contemporary American poetry, including Terrance Hayes' American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin. In this first new collection of Coleman's work since her death, Hayes has selected more than 130 poems originally written and published between the late 1970s and early 2000s."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1574232371
9781574232370

LCCN:

2019051008

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)