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Dog Woman
Contributor(s): Abani, Chris (Author)
ISBN: 188899682X     ISBN-13: 9781888996821
Publisher: Red Hen Press
OUR PRICE:   $13.46  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 2004
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 821
LCCN: 2004095866
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.9" W x 8.3" (0.45 lbs) 112 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:
Chris Abani's Dog Woman is a mesmerizing, haunting, and sometimes subversive exploration of the personal and cultural politics of disempowerment and power. In these heart rousing and lyrically complex poems, the poet enacts the reconstruction of his feminized selves, and his personae struggle to re-form and transform both themselves and the difficult worlds they inhabit. At turns, earthy, enigmatic, devout, outraged, and compassionate, these elemental women's voices ring true, as they sing siren songs, dirges, and hosannas, and as they navigate into new and unknown territories of human will and endurance. Dog Woman is a daring, trailblazing, and important book; it's a vital addition to the poetry of our times.