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Hard times require furious dancing : new poems / by Alice Walker ; foreword and illustrations by Shiloh McCloud.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Novato, Calif. : New World Library, c2010.Description: xvi, 165 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1577319303 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781577319306 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
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Contents:
Foreword / Shiloh McCloud -- Preface: learning to dance -- Yes, I know -- You confide in me -- You'd be surprised -- Vasilisa -- Sometimes -- Easy -- Compatible -- The answer is yes -- My teacher -- This room -- Still -- Lost -- In us -- Calling all grand mothers -- One earth -- The taste of grudge -- Love is that giant bag -- Watching you hold your hatred -- I will keep broken things -- La vaca -- Monkeys are curious -- I know my duty to life -- Word has reached me -- I pray to you -- I will not deny -- You will never know -- Here -- Meeting you -- The world has changed -- Some lovers -- Told -- To a relative -- Sixty-five! -- Commitment -- We pay a visit to those who play at being dead -- Sometimes our disappointment -- You came -- Rich -- Loving humans -- Dying -- Loving our leaders -- I gave it freely -- Encountering -- Mind shine -- A few monks -- Even so -- Alice loves me -- Morning.
Summary: "Though we have encountered our share of grief and troubles on this earth, we can still hold the line of beauty, form, and beat. No small accomplishment in a world as challenging as this one." So writes Alice Walker in this new book of poems, poems composed over the course of one year in response to joy and sorrow both personal and global: the death of loved ones, war, the deliciousness of love, environmental devastation, the sorrow of rejection, greed, poverty, and the sweetness of home. The poems embrace our connections while celebrating the joy of individuality, the power we each share to express our truest, deepest selves. Beloved for her ability to speak her own truth in ways that speak for and about countless others, she demonstrates that we are stronger than our circumstances. As she confronts personal and collective challenges, her works dance, sing, and heal.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 811.6 W177 Checked out 06/07/2024 33111006036442
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Though we have encountered our share of grief and troubles on this earth, we can still hold the line of beauty, form, and beat. No small accomplishment in a world as challenging as this one."
-- from the preface

I was born to grow,
alongside my garden of plants,
poems
like
this one

So writes Alice Walker in this new book of poems, poems composed over the course of one year in response to joy and sorrow both personal and global: the death of loved ones, war, the deliciousness of love, environmental devastation, the sorrow of rejection, greed, poverty, and the sweetness of home. The poems embrace our connections while celebrating the joy of individuality, the power we each share to express our truest, deepest selves. Beloved for her ability to speak her own truth in ways that speak for and about countless others, she demonstrates that we are stronger than our circumstances. As she confronts personal and collective challenges, her words dance, sing, and heal.

"A Palm of Her Hand project."--T.p.

Includes index.

Foreword / Shiloh McCloud -- Preface: learning to dance -- Yes, I know -- You confide in me -- You'd be surprised -- Vasilisa -- Sometimes -- Easy -- Compatible -- The answer is yes -- My teacher -- This room -- Still -- Lost -- In us -- Calling all grand mothers -- One earth -- The taste of grudge -- Love is that giant bag -- Watching you hold your hatred -- I will keep broken things -- La vaca -- Monkeys are curious -- I know my duty to life -- Word has reached me -- I pray to you -- I will not deny -- You will never know -- Here -- Meeting you -- The world has changed -- Some lovers -- Told -- To a relative -- Sixty-five! -- Commitment -- We pay a visit to those who play at being dead -- Sometimes our disappointment -- You came -- Rich -- Loving humans -- Dying -- Loving our leaders -- I gave it freely -- Encountering -- Mind shine -- A few monks -- Even so -- Alice loves me -- Morning.

"Though we have encountered our share of grief and troubles on this earth, we can still hold the line of beauty, form, and beat. No small accomplishment in a world as challenging as this one." So writes Alice Walker in this new book of poems, poems composed over the course of one year in response to joy and sorrow both personal and global: the death of loved ones, war, the deliciousness of love, environmental devastation, the sorrow of rejection, greed, poverty, and the sweetness of home. The poems embrace our connections while celebrating the joy of individuality, the power we each share to express our truest, deepest selves. Beloved for her ability to speak her own truth in ways that speak for and about countless others, she demonstrates that we are stronger than our circumstances. As she confronts personal and collective challenges, her works dance, sing, and heal.

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