Experimental Love: Poetry
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (682 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1563410354 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 88 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With a heady command of language and the ability to work in a variety of forms, she continues her thematic explorations of love objects and death subjects.. Cheryl Clarke is perhaps the pre-eminent African-American lesbian poet writing today
"Political, emotional, romantic" according to MsTisha1@hotmail.com. This is a great coffee table book and a great conversation piece. The poetry of this book evoked political debate, nostalgic reminiscing, quiet reflection and urgent lovemaking all in one package. I look forward to more works by Ms. Clarke.
This is poetry by an in-your-face lesbian of color, a self-described bulldagger who asks a woman, "Why take so long to ask for it? / Come on, girl, are you gonna go after it? / Two days. Whitney Scott. / Must you be courted so?" and who mulls the difficulties of dating "dykes": "A dyke wants commitment, / romance without abatement, / and unrelenting virtue-- / all before the first show of flesh." This is a poet with uncompromising visions and the uncompromising words to express them. / I'm only here for four. From Booklist Whether she's contemplating the private life of Greta Garbo, fantasizing about unbuttoning her lover's clothes while dining in public, reporting the spontaneous uses of