Imagoes

by Wanda Coleman

Book Overview

"Wanda Coleman is best known for what has often been termed her 'warrior voice' ... Coleman's poet's voice too can weep elegiac, summoning memories of her childhood's neighborhoods - her South LA's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876855109
• ISBN13: 9780876855102
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Black Sparrow Pr
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

powerful poetry

Wanda Coleman speaks clearly and powerfully in this book of poems. You won't find many "typical" love poems here -- the subject matter is sometimes brutal but always honest. My favorite poem in this collection is her account of the night that the fast food taco restaurant, where she was working, got held up. I won't spoil the poem for you because the unexpected outcome is part of the force of this poem. I'd highly recommend that you read it for yourself!