"I", new and selected poems, Toi Derricotte ; Ed Ochester, editor
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- Black people + Race identity -- Poetry
- Poésie
- Poetry
- Poetry -- 20th century
- Couleur de la peau + Aspect social -- Poésie
- Gender identity -- Poetry
- poetry
- Identité sexuelle -- Poésie
- Classes sociales -- Poésie
- Social classes -- Poetry
- American poetry -- 20th century
- Femmes + Identité -- Poésie
- Human skin color + Social aspects -- Poetry
- Women + Identity -- Poetry
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"I", new and selected poems, Toi Derricotte ; Ed Ochester, editor
Language
eng
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Literary form
poetry
Main title
"I"
Oclc number
1057376747
Responsibility statement
Toi Derricotte ; Ed Ochester, editor
Series statement
Pitt poetry series
Sub title
new and selected poems
Summary
A Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry. In Derricotte's own words: "How do you gain access to the / power of parts of yourself you / abhor, and make them sing / with beauty, tenderness, and compassion? / This is the record of fifty years / of victories in the reclamation / of a poet's voice."The story of Toi Derricotte is a hero's odyssey. It is the journey of a poetic voice that in each book earns her way to home, to her own commanding powers. "I": New and Selected Poems shows the reader both the closeness of the enemy and the poet's inherent courage, inventiveness, and joy. It is a record of one woman's response to the repressive and fracturing forces around the subjects of race, class, color, gender, and sexuality. Each poet is an act of victory as they find their way through the repressive forces to speak with both beauty and truth. This collection features more than thirty new poems as well as selections from five of Derricotte's previously published books of poetry. --, From dust jacket
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