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I done clicked my heels three times : poems / Taylor Byas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Soft Skull, 2023Edition: First Soft Skull editionDescription: 108 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781593767419
  • 1593767412
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Inspired by The Wiz, this poetry collection celebrates South Side Chicago and a Black woman's quest for self-discovery--one that pulls her away from the safety of home and into her power"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 811.6 B993 Available 33111011321540
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Winner of the Maya Angelou Book Award
Winner of the CHIRBy Award for Poetry
Winner of the BCALA Literary Award

Inspired by The Wiz , this debut, full-length poetry collection celebrates South Side Chicago and a Black woman's quest for self-discovery-one that pulls her away from the safety of home and into her power

I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times takes its inspiration and concept from the cult classic film The Wiz to explore a Black woman's journey out of the South Side of Chicago and into adulthood. The narrative arc of The Wiz-a tumultuous departure from home, trials designed to reveal new things about the self, and the eventual return home-serves as a loose trajectory for this collection, pulling readers through an abandoned barn, a Wendy's drive-thru, a Beyonce video, Grandma's house, Sunday service, and the corner store. At every stop, the speaker is made to confront her womanhood, her sexuality, the visibility of her body, alcoholism in her family, and various ways in which narratives are imposed on her.

Subverting monolithic ideas about the South Side of Chicago, and re-casting the city as a living, breathing entity, I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times spans sestinas, sonnets, free-verse, and erasures, all to reimagine the concept of home. Chicago isn't just a city, but a teacher, a lingering shadow, a way of seeing the world.

"Inspired by The Wiz, this poetry collection celebrates South Side Chicago and a Black woman's quest for self-discovery--one that pulls her away from the safety of home and into her power"-- Provided by publisher.

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