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ISBN-10: 0822961644
ISBN-13: 9780822961642
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publish Date: 09/18/2011
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 6.00" W, 0.50" H

The World Falls Away

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Overview

The burnings from which Coleman culls her work casts a glow and unique warmth that invites the reader to sit by her metaphorical hearth, to laugh and enjoy their “conversation.” The contemplative and philosophical have entered her voice as she continues to explore the conflicts and confusions that shape the aesthetic terrain of Southern California and beyond–as she continues to grapple with cultural bias, malignant domestic neglect, poverty, and the damages of racism, yet broadening her palette of social ills to include the privacies of grief, loss and transcendence. A nominee and finalist for Poet Laureate of California, she continues to reflect the ethnic scramble of Los Angeles, where she has been honored by proclamations from the city’s elected officials, including the mayor’s office, the city council and the Department of Cultural Affairs.

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"In The World Falls Away, Wanda Coleman's poems glow with an almost radioactive edginess. Yet, there is also range and substance giving her intense American voice staying power. To use Whitman's word, her work has 'amplitude.'"
–Diane Wakoski

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Details

ISBN-10: 0822961644
ISBN-13: 9780822961642
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publish Date: 09/18/2011
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 6.00" W, 0.50" H
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