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WorksBlack Women For Beginners
Part of the popular For Beginners series, currently distributed by Random House."A spirited inquiry addressing the aftereffects of the 'African diaspora' on black women worldwide, their struggles and triumphs... Sharp probes perceptions and stereotypes from time immemorial in an effective chronicle of the history and culture of black women... bringing a voice of humor and passion to much of the material." Higher Ground
S. Pearl on the mike - 14 new cuts backed with first class jazz. "This is poetry by the pound, the words are truth and the jazz is like honey to red clover tea, oh so sweet!" -- Truth Theory, host of Mic Check Typing In The Dark
Sharp's fourth published volume of poetry includes photographs by Calvin R. Hicks, Nathaniel Bellamy, Gerald Cyrus and Adele Hodge. Harlem River Press, New York, 1991. "Sharp's work is guaranteed to render discomfort to whomever's comfortable, complacent or compromising." Included in the anthologies: (partial list)
The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature, edit. Michael Meyer; Bedford/St. Martin’s,8th edit., 2009 The Black Body edit. Meri Nana Danquah; Seven Stories Press, 2009 Let Loose On The World: Celebrating Amiri Baraka at 75, publ. Ted Wilson and The Amiri Baraka Commemoration Committee, 2009 Poetry An Introduction, edit. Michael Meyer; Bedford/St. Martin’s, 6th edit., 2009 and 5th edit., 2007 Voices From Leimert Park, edit. Shonda Buchanan; Tsehai Publ. 2006 Beyond The Frontier: African-American Poetry for the 21st Century, edit. E. Ethelbert Miller; Black Classic Press, 2002 Tenderheaded: Comb-Bending Hair Stories, edit. Juliette Harris, Pamela Johnson; Pocket Books/ Simon & Schuster 2001 Voices Along The River, edit. Claudette Morell, Paula Panzarella; Kellog Environmental Center, Conn. 2001 Spirit & Flame, edit. Keith Gilyard; Syracuse Univ. Press, 1997 A Rock Against The Wind, edit. Lindsay Patterson; Dodd Mead, 1973; 2nd edit., Perigree Books, 1996 I Hear A Symphony: African-Americans Celebrate Love, edit. Paula L. Woods, Felix Lidell; Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1994 Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture and Identity, edit. Elena Featherston; Crossing Press, 1994 We Who Believe In Freedom, edit. Bernice Johnson Reagon and Sweet Honey In The Rock; Anchor Books, 1993 Erotique Noir, edit. Miriam DeCosta-Willis, Reginald Martin, Roseann P. Bell; Doubleday, 1992 Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters, edit. Patricia Bell-Scott, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, et al; Beacon Press, 1991 Say That The River Turns: The Impact of Gwendolyn Brooks, edit. Haki Madhubuti;Third World Press, 1987 The Magic of Black Poetry, edit. Raoul Abdul; Dodd-Mead, 1972 We Speak As Liberators, edit. Orde Coombs; Dodd-Mead, 1970 |
