Zaatardiva
10 best books like Zaatardiva (Suheir Hammad): Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman, Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, Living for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations, 1968-1980, The Collected Poems, Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems, From Black Power to Hip Hop: Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism, The Politics of Women's Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and Behavior, The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott, The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
| Author | Anne Lamott |
| ISBN | 0385480016 |
"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. [It] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and...
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman
| Author | Michele Wallace |
| ISBN | 1859842968 |
Originally published in 1978, this book caused a storm of controversy as Michele Wallace blasted the masculinist bias of the black politics that emerged from the sixties. She described how women remained marginalized by the patriarchal culture of Black Power and the ways in which a genuine female...
Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology
| Author | Barbara Smith |
| ISBN | 0813527538 |
The pioneering anthology Home Girls features writings by Black feminists and lesbian activists on topics both provocative and profound. Since its initial publication in 1983, it has become an essential text on Black women's lives and writings. This edition features an updated lists of contributor...
| Author | Kimberly Springer |
| ISBN | 0822334933 |
The first in-depth analysis of the black feminist movement, Living for the Revolution fills in a crucial but overlooked chapter in African American, women’s, and social movement history. Through original oral history interviews with key activists and analysis of previously unexamined organizational...
| Author | Langston Hughes |
| ISBN | 0679764089 |
"The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar--. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music--. This book is a glorious revelation."--Boston Globe
Spanning five decades and comprising 868 poems (nearly 300 of which have never before appeared...
Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
| Author | Sonia Sanchez |
| ISBN | 0807068535 |
This didn't really work for me. There is a lot of rich imagery, sexual and earthy, but it felt like it was written for the sake of the imagery, and if you asked her what the poem meant after she wrote it, she'd have to make it up on the spot, because it didn't mean anything when she wrote it, it just sounded cool....
| Author | Patricia Hill Collins |
| ISBN | 1592130925 |
Amazing book about the complexities and relationship between nationalism, racism and feminism in the USA. Whether the reader has little background in social justice issues or is an academic in the field, the book offers interesting insights into race and gender issues that women of colour have to...
The Politics of Women's Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and Behavior
| Author | Rose Weitz |
| ISBN | 0195149777 |
For nearly three decades, feminist scholars have examined how the female body and ideas about the female body affect women's lives. The Politics of Women's Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and Behavior, 2/e, brings together recent critical writings in this important field, covering such diverse...
Writing poems and keeping journal since 1991, Jill Scott now shares her personal poetry collection in The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours. Praised for her earthy, honestly erotic, soulful and very real lyrics, Jill Scott explores all the flavors of life, love, and self.
Of her music, Jill...
The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998
| Author | Nikki Giovanni |
| ISBN | 0060724293 |
This omnibus covers Nikki Giovanni's complete work of poetry from 1967–1983. THE COLLECTED POETRY OF NIKKI GIOVANNI will include the complete volumes of five adult books of poetry: Black Feeling Black Talk/Black Judgement, My House, The Women and the Men, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day, and Those Who...
Detroit: I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution
| Author | Dan Georgakas |
| ISBN | 1608462218 |
Incredible promise that went unfulfilled. This is how I would summarize the history of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, which existed primarily in Detroit and its many auto plants around the late 60s-early 70s. This book is excellently written, bringing the reader into a high-point of movement...
