My Own Silence: Poems - Softcover

Powell, Jeanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0931552184 ISBN 13: 9780931552182

Publisher: Regent Press, 2014

Synopsis

Poetry. African American Studies. Women's Studies. At a time when the confessional mode has banished American poetry to one vast self- mirroring island, the work of Jeanne Powell nudges us again and again to break out of our little selves. Whether celebrating the triumphs of Australia's champion aboriginal athlete Cathy Freeman, berating a hellish vacation in the Sierra foothills, disclosing the subtle and not so subtle pain of social injustice, or commemorating the powerful, dancing mother reared in the big band swing era, Powell rocks. Unfailingly, the open-hearted spirit of her prose and poetry allows us the re- experience our membership in one another.--Al Young, California Poet Laureate Emeritus

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About the Author

Jeanne Powell earned degrees at WSU in Detroit and USF in San Francisco. She is the author of two books of prose poems published by Taurean Horn Books, MY OWN SILENCE (2014) and WORD DANCING (2013), and a collection of her essays is forthcoming. For ten years, Jeanne hosted an acclaimed spoken word series, Celebration of the Word, in San Francisco.

Edition details

• Publisher: Regent Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0931552184
• ISBN 13: 9780931552182
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112