Wild Beauty
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Wild Beauty

New and Selected Poems

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eBook - ePub

Wild Beauty

New and Selected Poems

About this book

NAACP Image Award Finalist for Outstanding Literary Work

From the poet, novelist, and cultural icon behind the award-winning and extraordinary Broadway play, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, comes “a kaleidoscopic journey through black womanhood” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and a moving bilingual collection of new and beloved poems.

In this stirring collection of more than sixty original and selected poems in both English and Spanish, Ntozake Shange shares her utterly unique, unapologetic, and deeply emotional writing that has made her one of the most iconic literary figures of our time.

With a clear, raw, and affecting voice, Shange draws from her experience as a feminist black woman in American to craft groundbreaking poetry about pain, beauty, and color. In the bestselling tradition of Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey, Wild Beauty is more than a poetry collection; it is an exquisite call to action for a new generation of women, people of color, feminists, and activists to follow in the author’s footsteps in the pursuit of equality and understanding. As The New York Times raves, “Ntozake Shange writes with such exquisite care and beauty that anyone can relate to her message.”

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Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Year
2017
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781501169953
Subtopic
American Poetry
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Preface
  4. PrĂłlogo
  5. Beauty in Wildness and Wildness in Beauty
  6. Belleza En Lo Salvaje Y Salvajismo En Lo Bello
  7. Necesitamos un dios que sangre ahora
  8. We Need a God Who Bleeds Now
  9. Del quimbombĂł a las verduras
  10. From Okra to Greens
  11. Mi padre es un mago retirado
  12. My Father Is a Retired Magician
  13. Para todos mis muertos y seres queridos
  14. For All My Dead & Loved Ones
  15. Alguna vez hubo bailes de cuarterones
  16. Once There Were Quadroon Balls
  17. Tango
  18. Tango
  19. Toussaint
  20. Toussaint
  21. Justo cuando los del vikings me robaron el corazĂłn
  22. Just as the Del Vikings Stole My Heart
  23. Sobre hacerme exitosa
  24. On Becomin Successful
  25. Rizos de caracol (un viaje por todo el paĂ­s)
  26. Nappy Edges (a Cross Country Sojourn)
  27. Escuché a eric dolphy en sus ojos
  28. I Heard Eric Dolphy in His Eyes
  29. Se busca chica con esperiensia
  30. Expiriese Girl Wanted
  31. Dama de azul
  32. Lady in Blue
  33. Toma el tren A
  34. Take the A Train
  35. Sueño de apareamiento
  36. Dream of Pairing
  37. Dama de azul II
  38. Lady in Blue II
  39. Mucho cuerpo & herencia cultural/
  40. Lotsa Body & Cultural Heritage/
  41. Suelta las cuerdas o dame un “la”
  42. Loosening Strings or Give Me an ‘A’
  43. OlvĂ­dalo hermana
  44. Never Mind Sister
  45. Un mito geechee de tercera generaciĂłn pa tu cumple
  46. A Third Generation Geechee Myth for Yr Birthday
  47. Vivo en la mĂșsica
  48. I Live in Music
  49. Los lunes hay noche latina
  50. Latin Night Is Monday
  51. Humor Ă­ndigo
  52. Mood Indigo
  53. Dama de marrĂłn
  54. Lady in Brown
  55. 18 de marzo de 1984
  56. 18 March 1984
  57. Roble vivo
  58. Live Oak
  59. Caja & poste
  60. Box & Pole
  61. Manos & agarrar
  62. Hands & Holding
  63. Baile tropical
  64. Tropical Dance
  65. Amarte es un Ă©xtasis para mĂ­
  66. Lovin You Is Ecstasy to Me
  67. Entre una bailarina & un poeta
  68. Between a Dancer & a Poet
  69. Nupcias de nueva orleans
  70. New Orleans Nuptials
  71. Inconteniblemente bronce, bello & mĂ­o
  72. Irrepressibly Bronze, Beautiful & Mine
  73. “Si ando el camino sin ti, ¿adónde voy?”
  74. “If I Go All the Way Without You Where Would I Go?”
  75. Se alzan los guerreros caĂ­dos
  76. Rise up Fallen Fighters
  77. Elegancia al extremo
  78. Elegance in the Extreme
  79. Purificar con miel
  80. Chastening with Honey
  81. Envolver el viento
  82. Wrapping the Wind
  83. En lo azul
  84. In the Blueness
  85. 7 tequilas después
  86. 7 Tequilas Gone
  87. El escenario se queda oscuro
  88. The Stage Goes to Darkness
  89. Teléfonos y otros dioses
  90. Telephones & Other False Gods
  91. Los viejos
  92. The Old Men
  93. Mujer torcida
  94. Crooked Woman
  95. Vendar las heridas con ropa caliente
  96. Dressing Our Wounds in Warm Clothes
  97. Annie la del crack
  98. Crack Annie
  99. Sobre atlanta
  100. About Atlanta
  101. A quién le hace falta un corazón
  102. Who Needs a Heart
  103. Pueblo de watts
  104. People of Watts
  105. Dama de rojo
  106. Lady in Red
  107. Coro del nuevo mundo
  108. New World Coro
  109. Camina, brinca, vuela
  110. Walk, Jump, Fly
  111. La fama a cuatro patas
  112. Fame on All Fours
  113. Poema lagarto
  114. Lizard Poem
  115. Cinco
  116. Five
  117. PĂĄginas para una amiga
  118. Pages for a Friend
  119. Estas bendiciones
  120. These Blessings
  121. Una palabra es un milagro
  122. A Word Is a Miracle
  123. Un poema real
  124. An Actual Poem
  125. Oda a orlando
  126. Ode to Orlando
  127. La bebé de mamå
  128. Mama’s Little Baby
  129. Chicago en sanfrancisco & tĂș/ yo/ esperaa/ el amor es mĂșsika/ tĂłcame como los sonidos/ chicago en mi hombro/ tu mano/ es ahora un beso
  130. Chicago in Sanfrancisco & You/ Me/ Waait/ Love Is Musik/ Touch Me
  131. Acknowledgments
  132. About the Author
  133. Credits and Permissions
  134. Copyright

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