Movement in Black
Pat Parker
This is the new, expanded edition of a groundbreaking volume of poetry first published in 1978, 11 years before Parker’s early death of breast cancer. Based in the Bay Area and steeped in the radical politics of the late 1960s, Parker was the contemporary of Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka. In her introduction, Cheryl Clarke identifies Parker as a ‘lead voice and caller’ in the lesbian-feminist cultural scene, but chides her for careless editing, as if Parker feared that her vernacular poems would lose their power if she subjected them to cold critique. Her most potent works do rely on an inspired punch line rather than carefully plumed images or language, as in ‘For Willyce,’ when she describes making love to a woman:
and your sounds drift down
oh god!
oh jesus!
and i think
here it is, some dude’s
getting credit for what
a woman
has done
again.
A distinguished collection, including previously unpublished work and tributes from many of Parker’s friends and allies. –Regina Marler
Review
Autumn Morning
Best Friends
The Best Nightmares
Between The Light
Break-up
Brother
Child Of Myself
Conflagration
Cop-out
Desire
Dialogue
Don’t Let The Fascists Speak
Exodus
A Family Tree
For Donna
For Michael On His Third Birthday
For The Straight Folks Who Don’t Mind Gays But Wish They Weren’t So
For The White Person Who Wants To Know How To Be My Friend
For Willyce
From Deep Within
Fuller Brush Day
Funny
Gente
Goat Child: 1. 1944-1956
Goat Child: 2. 1956-1962
Goat Child: 3. 1962-1966
Great God
Group
Have You Ever Tried To Hide?
I Have
I Kumquat You
I Wish That I Could Hate You
It’s A Simple Dream
It’s Not So Bad
Language
The Law
Let Me
Massage
Metamorphosis
A Moment Left Behind
Move In Darkness
Movement In Black
My Hands Are Big And Rough
My Lady Ain’t No Lady
My Lover Is A Woman
Non-monogamy Is A Pain In The Butt
On Jealousy
Para Maria Sandra
Pied Piper
Pit Stop
Progeny
Questions
Reality
Reputation
A Small Contradiction
Snatches Of A Day
Sobriety
Solitary Lover
Sometimes My Husband Acts Just Like A Man
Sublimation
Sunday
Sunshine
Talk Is Cheap
There Is A Woman In This Town
To My Vegetarian Friend
To See A Man Cry
Tour America!
The What Liberation Front?
Where Do You Go To Become A Non-citizen?
Where Will You Be?
Who Is This Bitch?
Womanslaughter
Yes Ma’am
You Can’t Be Sure Of Anything These Days
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Details
| ISBN | 9781563411083 |
| Genre | Black Interest; Poetry; Grier Rated |
| Publication Date | Feb-99 |
| Publisher | Firebrand Books |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 208 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Great |
| Subject | African American lesbians – Poetry; African Americans – Poetry |
| BookID | 8490 |
