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Appalachian Elegy : Poetry and Place /
Author, activist, feminist, teacher, and artist, bell hooks is celebrated as one of the nation's leading intellectuals. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, hooks drew her unique pseudonym from the name of her grandmother, an intelligent and strong-willed African American woman who inspired her to s...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Praise for Appalachian Elegy; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. hear them cry; 2. such then is beauty; 3. night moves; 4. earth works; 5. small horses ride me; 6. listen little sister; 7. again and again; 8. snow-covered earth; 9. autumn ending; 10. here and there; 11. no crops grow; 12. mud sliding down; 13. wingspan side; 14. hard rain; 15. pink and white oleander; 16. go high up; 17. straight ahead; 18 when trees die; 19. all fields; 20. the glory in old barns; 21. turtle islands everywhere; 22. sometimes falling rain; 23. bring Buddha.
- 24. clouds dressed in gray25. soil rich with lime; 26. equine whispering; 27. sublime shadows of midnight; 28. morning dawn; 29. softly treading black bear; 30. burning pain; 31. returning to sacred places; 32. walking the long way home; 33. tap dancing; 34. fierce winter cold; 35. winds of fate; 36. mammoth caves; 37. stained black; 38. toward light; 39. ritual places; 40. on hallowed ground; 41. fierce unyielding winds; 42. heavy heart; 43. when the dawn; 44. fly high; 45. barren broken hill; 46. overlooking water; 47. red beard; 48. sunken faces; 49. with water; 50. all old souls.
- 51. in the gray blue wash of dawn52. renegades roam here; 53. blackbirds; 54. burning body of love; 55. take the; 56. star of david; 57. fierce grief shadows me; 58. earth spirit; 59. migrating birds; 60. wilderness within; 61. lingering twilight; 62. harsh winder wind; 63. stark stolen sky; 64. daybreak; 65. my world is green; 66. fire so hot; Index of First Lines; Kentucky Voices Series Page.