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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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calling in black

calling in black

Ramsey, Nicholle

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 173607461X
ISBN13: 9781736074619
Publisher: Talking Drum, LLC
Published: Nov 23 2020
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Arresting and beautiful...In Nicholle Ramsey's first book, calling in black, we hear a fresh, young voice, informed by Spoken Word luminaries such as Danez Smith, and Mai'a Williams but there are also echoes of poets a generation back, like Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Lucille Clifton, Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, Diane DiPrima and Adrienne Rich. There is strength in these poems, there is intimacy; there is self-confidence, there is vulnerability; there is innocence, there is maturity. The poems are honest, funny, insightful, intelligent, eloquent. When you hear them performed, they ring with life-they shine. This is true of the poems on the page, also. The poet is tough on us, while being generous.-Ken McCullough, former Poet Laureate of Winona, Minnesota Author of Broken Gates and Dark Stars

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