Confessions of a Barefaced Woman

Joseph, Allison

ISBN 10: 1597096091 / ISBN 13: 9781597096096

Verlag: Red Hen Press, 2018

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1597096091-3-35298903

Inhaltsangabe:

FINALIST FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD IN POETRY 
WINNER OF FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARDS
SHORT-LISTED FOR PATERSON POETRY PRIZE
SHORT-LISTED FOR MILT KESSLER POETRY BOOK AWARD
COMMENDED BY ERIC HOFFER AWARDS

The poems in Allison Joseph’s latest collection are smart, shameless, and empowered confessions of the best kind. In semi-autobiographical verse highlighting in turns light-hearted and harsh realities of modern black womanhood, these poems take the reader down “A History of African-American Hair,” visit with both Grace Jones and the Venus de Milo, send Janis Joplin to cheerleading camp, bemoan a treacherous first pair of high heels, and discuss “vagina business.” Funny, but never flippant, and always forthcoming about the author’s own flaws and foibles, Confessions of a Barefaced Woman is sure to keep readers entranced, entertained, and enlightened.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Allison Joseph lives, writes, and teaches in Carbondale, Illinois, where she is part of the creative writing faculty at Southern Illinois University. She serves as Editor and Poetry Editor of Crab Orchard Review, moderator of the Creative Writers Opportunities List, and director of the Young Writers Workshop, a summer writers’ workshop for teen writers.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Confessions of a Barefaced Woman
Verlag: Red Hen Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Good