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A Swarm of Bees in High Court by Tonya M Foster (Paperback / softback, 2015)

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Poetry. African American Studies. A SWARM OF BEES IN HIGH COURT is, among other things, Tonya Foster's 'attempt to create biography of a place, ' specifically Harlem in the 21st century, where certain dreams are indefinitely deferred. Foster's work is a poem of womanhood reminiscent of Gwendolyn Brooks' unassuming heroines Annie and Maud, Ntozake Shange declaring, 'I Usedta Live in the World, ' or Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn singing 'Rocks in My Bed.' A sleepless woman with plenty of worrying thoughts to keep her up at night, t to mention chronic 'street corner ise, ' lies at the heart of this work. From bedroom intimacies behind closed blinds to public displays of affection and disaffection, Foster's poetry contemplates unspoken bonds of culture, geography, and race that bring couples and communities together, along with the terrible strains that can tear them apart: 'this poem is the city of faces deserted by the hope of we.' Infused with a weary and wary blues, Tonya Foster's invative variations on haiku are terse verses, tautly turned and tuned to cycles and rhythms of urban insomniacs. Harryette Mullen

Product Identifiers

Publisher
BellaDonna*
ISBN-10
0988539918
ISBN-13
9780988539914
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215766236

Product Key Features

Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
Poetry Texts & Poetry Anthologies
Author
Tonya M Foster

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Date of Publication
01/09/2015
Country of Publication
United States

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