Tender
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Book Overview
Toi Derricotte's fourth collection of poetry. Tender probes sexuality, spirituality, emotion, child abuse, mother hatred, and the physical and psychological ravages of violence. These poems are raw and upsetting in subject matter, yet extremely readable.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822956403
ISBN13:9780822956402
Release Date:August 1997
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.38 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.1" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Moving and unforgettable poems.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
The poems in this collection are outstanding. They tackle subjects that many readers, we white ones especially, too often avoid because they are so painful. Derricotte's poetry handles racism in a complex and truthful way, without softening any blows. For me, the poems are less "about racism" than they evoke and inhabit the context of racism in which all people of color must move. This is a powerful and important work by a truly first rate poet.
a wonderful book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Bravo to Toi Derricotte on this collection of poems. No other poet I can think of writes so beautifully and movingly on the subject of race. There's a lot of pain beneath the surface of racial relations, but Toi Derricote's words make something of beauty from that pain. Highly recommended.
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