The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be
| Author | : Harryette Mullen |
| Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2012-08-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780817357139 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0817357130 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (130 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be written by Harryette Mullen and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be forms an extended consideration not only of Harryette Mullen’s own work, methods, and interests as a poet, but also of issues of central importance to African American poetry and language, women’s voices, and the future of poetry. Together, these essays and interviews highlight the impulses and influences that drive Mullen’s work as a poet and thinker, and suggest unique possibilities for the future of poetic language and its role as an instrument of identity and power.
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