The burnings from which Coleman culls her work casts a glow and unique warmth that invites the reader to sit by her metaphorical hearth, to laugh and enjoy their \u201cconversation.\u201d The contemplative and philosophical have entered her voice as she continues to explore the conflicts and confusions that shape the aesthetic terrain of Southern California and beyond--as she continues to grapple with cultural bias, malignant domestic neglect, poverty, and the damages of racism, yet broadening her palette of social ills to include the privacies of grief, loss and transcendence. A nominee and finalist for Poet Laureate of California, she continues to reflect the ethnic scramble of Los Angeles, where she has been honored by proclamations from the city s elected officials, including the mayor s office, the city council and the Department of Cultural Affairs.

Author: Wanda Coleman
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 09/18/2011
Series: Pitt Poetry
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780822961642


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2011 pg. 102
Booklist 09/15/2011 pg. 12

About the Author

Wanda Coleman is a poet and writer from Los Angeles, California. Her numerous poetry collections include Mercurochrome: New Poems, nominated for the National Book Award; Bathwater Wine, winner of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; and Ostinato Vamps. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and an Emmy Award as a writer for Days of Our Lives.