| Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful Contributor(s): Walker, Alice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156421739 ISBN-13: 9780156421737 Publisher: Amistad Press OUR PRICE: $10.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1986 Annotation: Alice Walker has always turned to poetry to express some of her most personal and deeply felt concerns. She has said that her poems-even the happy ones-emerge from an accumulation of sadness, when she stands again "in the sunlight." "[This collection] has two fine strengths-a music that comes along sometimes, as sad and cheery as a lonely woman's whistling-and Miss Walker's own tragicomic gifts" (New York Times Book Review). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Literary Criticism | American - African American |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 84006556 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.30 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Alice Walker has always turned to poetry to express some of her most personal and deeply felt concerns. She has said that her poems-even the happy ones-emerge from an accumulation of sadness, when she stands again "in the sunlight." " This collection] has two fine strengths-a music that comes along sometimes, as sad and cheery as a lonely woman's whistling-and Miss Walker's own tragicomic gifts" (New York Times Book Review). |
Contributor Bio(s): Walker, Alice: - ALICE WALKER is an internationally celebrated writer, poet, and activist whose books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children's books, and volumes of essays and poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award. |