She

by Saul Williams

Book Overview

Hailed as "a dreadlocked dervish of words...the Bob Marley of American poets" (Esquire), Saul Williams is a gifted young poet who is opening up this literary art form to a new generation of readers.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671039776
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: MTV Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.3" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Shemotions

Saul Williams is one of the most gifted poets I've ever read or listened to, and I wish he were more widely known! I strongly recommend any poetry or poetry slam lover to watch Slam, a film Williams starred in. After hearing the emotively passionate poetry read by Williams, anyone reading the poetry in She can practically hear him recite the poems while reading them. Williams's audio cd, Amethyst Rock Star, contains a few of the poems in She, allowing us to actually hear him read his poems! In his performances his accentuation of his literary devices, themes, patterns, and word play brings life to the lyrics. The cadence of the poems is so strong, however, the cd isn't necessary to fall in step with his writing just by reading it. Saul pours out lines revealing every feeling of guilt, insecurity, tenderness, or sensitivity, allowing any reader or listener the privilege to view his scars. She is Willliams's tribute to women, and though he maintains his male perspective of women, female readers may be surprized by his understanding of the fair sex.

The most beautiful poetry I've ever read

I've never liked poetry much because some of it is very hard to understand. I adored Saul Williams' movie "Slam", and I stumbled upon this book by accident and bought it. It let me explore emotions I didn't even know I had. I love to listen to the cd that comes with it. I played the cd on the long car ride home and I didn't even realize I had been crying until I got home. Not only do you have to get this book, but keep your eyes and ears open for more to come from Saul Williams.

Gypsy Girl Put Me Under Her Spell

"I left my change/on the counter/remained the same/and left the store" It's poetry like this that inspires me and enraptures me. I think almost anyone could relate to Williams' works. His main theme is a broken realationship, and who can't relate to that? My boyfriend isn't a big poetry fan, but after I intoduced him to this book, he became inspired and enraptured as much as I.

Modern Metahporic Melody...

He has placed a subliminal message in the minds of us all. He's in your ear, in your books, and on your TV screens; each time with a classic sequence of metaphors. Saul Williams is the poet that we've all been waiting for; his words are a melodic metaphors of our inner thoughts: "Can we all be poets?" Each page of his book is remarkable. An actor, poet, and simply a genious!Williams is the rebirth of expressiveness in poetry. Long has it been since the world has seen, read, and heard one of our great poets; Saul Williams has made it all possible. Buy his book, listen to his CD, and watch his movies and get ready for the ride of your life. Fasten your seatbelts because it's going to be one Hell of a ride.

My first reading of Williams---A Fresh, Real Voice

While not forgetting his ancetors, Saul Williams uses a blues and jazz infused vocal style that touches on the sharp and the smooth of human relationships. This book and CD are simply beautiful, hauntingly so. It is dark, yet able to make its own light in the power struggle of a human life. I applaud his ability to transcend race. Many get so caught up in the past that there simply is no future, but Williams crosses this line and opens up his poetry like a creaking door, behind which, music plays. His topic is love and hate, sex and loneliness, but not your typical angst-filled drivel that so haunts the poetic world today. If I had to compare, I would say Langston Hughes. Quite simply, poetry at its best. Even if poetry leaves you dry, his ability to take poetry back to its oral roots makes music of breaths. Buy this book and CD set. You won't be sorry.