The Fat Black Woman's Poems

by Grace Nichols

Book Overview

A stunning collection of poems from Grace Nichols, winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2021 Beauty is a fat black woman walking the fields pressing a breezed hibiscus to her cheek while the sun lights up her feet Nichols gives us images that stare us straight in the eye, images of joy, challenge, accusation. Her 'fat black woman' is brash; rejoices in herself; poses awkward questions to politicians, rulers, suitors, to a white world that still...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0860686353
• ISBN13: 9780860686354
• Release Date: September 1984
• Publisher: Virago Press (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 7.6"