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The Shaping of an "Angry" Black Woman

The Shaping of an "Angry" Black Woman

Santilli, Peter
Woods, Tamara
Vasconi, Derek

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General Poetry

ISBN10: 0991180739
ISBN13: 9780991180738
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jan 26 2014
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Shaping of an Angry Black Woman is the debut book of poetry by author Tamara Woods. Written over 15 years, each poem challenges conventional society and is poised with acerbic, witty, and abrasive language that is reflective in the often discussed isotope of society, that being the Angry Black Woman. In the words of Tamara herself: I wore anger like it was my favorite pair of Chucks, giving people what they wanted. A minstrel show played with black emotions rather than a shoe-polished face. This brings around an unspoken rule: The expectation of anger renders my anger invalid as it is my starting point, so it's not that important. This collection of poems takes a look at life, written over a fifteen year span of mine. It is flawed oddities, beauty foiled with ugliness. We are all more than just angry. Women are more complicated than just that.

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