Northwestern University Press, 2004 Paper: 978-1-931896-04-7 Library of Congress Classification PS3563.I3768H69 2004 Dewey Decimal Classification 811.54
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In this wide-ranging collection of lyrics, dealing with themes such as family, love, racism, and war, E. Ethelbert Miller sets his scenes against the backdrop of the stark realities of contemporary life, here and abroad. As both his love poems and political poems attest, Miller believes with full faith in the transformative powers of love and understanding. His poems on friendship and love are tender, often whimsical. His political poems are evenhanded and compassionate.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
E. Ethelbert Miller was born in New York City in 1950. Author of twelve collections of poetry and two memoirs, he is the founder and director of the Ascension Poetry Reading Series and was the director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University for over 40 years. Since 2002, he has been co-editor of Poet Lore magazine, the oldest poetry journal in the United States.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Salat
Untitled
Morning Raga
Hi J
May 26, 2002
A Portrait in Nine Lives
A Portrait of Yes in Fourteen Lines
Kiss
Bridge
What Does the E Stand for?
Car Problems
Toothpaste
Waves
Honey
Bloom
Waco, Texas
The Seduction of Light
Diva
XandO
Four Lines
Victoria Sitting in the Usdan Gallery
Las Cruces
Memory Loss
Drummers?
Space Is the Place
See
Rosa Parks dreams
Honey & Watermelons
Speechless in September
Nails
A Middle Class Algerian Woman in Paris Talks about Fashion
Throwing Stones at the Porno Star
Song for an Angel
Malik
Freedom Candy
Sister Sheba, Omar & Me
Omar and the Baby Yona
The Equator
Looking for Omar
The Cathedral of Saint Matthew
Rebecca lets down her hair
Rebecca hides her scar
Dreaming about Katherine Dunham
Bud
In A Silent Way
New York: St. Vincent's Hospital
14th Street Station
Barnes & Noble
La La La
It Must Be Lester Young
All that could go wrong
Geography
Midnight Caller
Fishing
Liberia Fever, 1877
Anna Murray Douglass
Nothing But A Man
Crosetti
A Poem For Richard
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
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Northwestern University Press, 2004 Paper: 978-1-931896-04-7
In this wide-ranging collection of lyrics, dealing with themes such as family, love, racism, and war, E. Ethelbert Miller sets his scenes against the backdrop of the stark realities of contemporary life, here and abroad. As both his love poems and political poems attest, Miller believes with full faith in the transformative powers of love and understanding. His poems on friendship and love are tender, often whimsical. His political poems are evenhanded and compassionate.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
E. Ethelbert Miller was born in New York City in 1950. Author of twelve collections of poetry and two memoirs, he is the founder and director of the Ascension Poetry Reading Series and was the director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University for over 40 years. Since 2002, he has been co-editor of Poet Lore magazine, the oldest poetry journal in the United States.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Salat
Untitled
Morning Raga
Hi J
May 26, 2002
A Portrait in Nine Lives
A Portrait of Yes in Fourteen Lines
Kiss
Bridge
What Does the E Stand for?
Car Problems
Toothpaste
Waves
Honey
Bloom
Waco, Texas
The Seduction of Light
Diva
XandO
Four Lines
Victoria Sitting in the Usdan Gallery
Las Cruces
Memory Loss
Drummers?
Space Is the Place
See
Rosa Parks dreams
Honey & Watermelons
Speechless in September
Nails
A Middle Class Algerian Woman in Paris Talks about Fashion
Throwing Stones at the Porno Star
Song for an Angel
Malik
Freedom Candy
Sister Sheba, Omar & Me
Omar and the Baby Yona
The Equator
Looking for Omar
The Cathedral of Saint Matthew
Rebecca lets down her hair
Rebecca hides her scar
Dreaming about Katherine Dunham
Bud
In A Silent Way
New York: St. Vincent's Hospital
14th Street Station
Barnes & Noble
La La La
It Must Be Lester Young
All that could go wrong
Geography
Midnight Caller
Fishing
Liberia Fever, 1877
Anna Murray Douglass
Nothing But A Man
Crosetti
A Poem For Richard
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
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