Say/Mirror: Poems and Histories by Jp Howard (English) Paperback Book

Description: Say/Mirror by Jp Howard 2016 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry, Finalist. JP Howards debut collection, SAY/MIRROR, is a dialogue of history and memory, reflecting on and integrating vintage photographs of her mother, Ruth King (a fairly well known African American runway model in Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s) with snapshots from the poets own childhood. This manuscript began to emerge when Howard gained access to a large collection of her mothers modeling photos, as well as some local Harlem magazine and newspaper clippings, and was thereby offered a window into her heyday, begging comparison to and recollection of a complex motherhood away from the spotlight. Here is a project that seeks to use poetry as both memoir and biography, alongside the evocative nostalgia of vintage image a map from which Howard has pieced together the bright but uneven path of growing up in the shadow of a "model" mother. The atlas of SAY/MIRROR charts the islands of the poet and her mothers overlapping lives unearthing the shared experiences of a single parent and only child, coming to terms with each other in the 1970s and 80s: a socio-historical-emotional retelling of the life of a diva through a daughters eyes, with both parent and child learning to navigate the rocky terrain therein."JP Howards collection of poems is a raw reminder of the experience of motherhood and daughterhood. Her sharp memories of love and neglect; elegance, admiration and inadequacy leave a salty/sweet taste not soon forgotten." Jewelle Gomez"Juliet P. Howards porcelain collection of daughter memoirs is enough to break into you like fine China the shadow of her legacy hovering just above diva, the tenderness of grief stained just below doll." Anastacia Tolbert"Praise Juliet Howard for the wonderful ability to bring to life a mother whose beauty, seduction and danger challenge the notions of a young girl growing up in her shadow. SAY/MIRROR manages to capture with sharp detail and lively resonant language the elegance and ambivalence of the poets mother and her world. These poems evoke images of passion and loss, pain and joy. We must all stand up and applaud the poem pushing her way to the surface... her shape on the page as she unfolds." Pamela L. Laskin"JP Howard stands out both for her fine poetry and for her passionate, unrelenting involvement with and on behalf of lesbians of color, all lesbians, and the LGBTQ literary community. She reverently celebrates our forebears. A poet, a teacher, and a curator, Ms. Howard has shown an ongoing commitment to nurturing our writers and to writing and publishing from her heart." Lambda Literary Award judges Reginald Harris and Lee Lynch"-to mourn, to protest, to wish for peace and to fight for justice-an OS [re: con]versation with JP Howard FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Details ISBN0986050520 Short Title Say/mirror Pages 68 Language English Year 2016 ISBN-10 0986050520 ISBN-13 9780986050527 Format Paperback Publication Date 2016-03-15 Subtitle Poems and Histories Edited by DeSilva-Johnson, Lynne Publisher Operating System UK Release Date 2016-03-15 Imprint Operating System Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2016-03-15 NZ Release Date 2016-03-15 US Release Date 2016-03-15 Author Jp Howard Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129800391;

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