{"id":22554,"date":"2014-08-07T19:13:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T19:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=22554"},"modified":"2014-08-07T19:13:48","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T19:13:48","slug":"movement-in-black-by-pat-parker-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/movement-in-black-by-pat-parker-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Movement in Black by Pat Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Movement in Black<\/em><\/h2>\n

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Pat Parker<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Amazon.com Review<\/p>\n

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:<\/p>\n

and your sounds drift down<\/p>\n

oh god!<\/p>\n

oh jesus!<\/p>\n

and i think<\/p>\n

here it is, some dude’s<\/p>\n

getting credit for what<\/p>\n

a woman<\/p>\n

has done<\/p>\n

again. <\/p>\n

A distinguished collection, including previously unpublished work and tributes from many of Parker’s friends and allies. –Regina Marler<\/p>\n

Review<\/p>\n

Autumn Morning<\/p>\n

Best Friends<\/p>\n

The Best Nightmares<\/p>\n

Between The Light<\/p>\n

Break-up<\/p>\n

Brother<\/p>\n

Child Of Myself<\/p>\n

Conflagration<\/p>\n

Cop-out<\/p>\n

Desire<\/p>\n

Dialogue<\/p>\n

Don’t Let The Fascists Speak<\/p>\n

Exodus<\/p>\n

A Family Tree<\/p>\n

For Donna<\/p>\n

For Michael On His Third Birthday<\/p>\n

For The Straight Folks Who Don’t Mind Gays But Wish They Weren’t So<\/p>\n

For The White Person Who Wants To Know How To Be My Friend<\/p>\n

For Willyce<\/p>\n

From Deep Within<\/p>\n

Fuller Brush Day<\/p>\n

Funny<\/p>\n

Gente<\/p>\n

Goat Child: 1. 1944-1956<\/p>\n

Goat Child: 2. 1956-1962<\/p>\n

Goat Child: 3. 1962-1966<\/p>\n

Great God<\/p>\n

Group<\/p>\n

Have You Ever Tried To Hide?<\/p>\n

I Have<\/p>\n

I Kumquat You<\/p>\n

I Wish That I Could Hate You<\/p>\n

It’s A Simple Dream<\/p>\n

It’s Not So Bad<\/p>\n

Language<\/p>\n

The Law<\/p>\n

Let Me<\/p>\n

Massage<\/p>\n

Metamorphosis<\/p>\n

A Moment Left Behind<\/p>\n

Move In Darkness<\/p>\n

Movement In Black<\/p>\n

My Hands Are Big And Rough<\/p>\n

My Lady Ain’t No Lady<\/p>\n

My Lover Is A Woman<\/p>\n

Non-monogamy Is A Pain In The Butt<\/p>\n

On Jealousy<\/p>\n

Para Maria Sandra<\/p>\n

Pied Piper<\/p>\n

Pit Stop<\/p>\n

Progeny<\/p>\n

Questions<\/p>\n

Reality<\/p>\n

Reputation<\/p>\n

A Small Contradiction<\/p>\n

Snatches Of A Day<\/p>\n

Sobriety<\/p>\n

Solitary Lover<\/p>\n

Sometimes My Husband Acts Just Like A Man<\/p>\n

Sublimation<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/p>\n

Sunshine<\/p>\n

Talk Is Cheap<\/p>\n

There Is A Woman In This Town<\/p>\n

To My Vegetarian Friend<\/p>\n

To See A Man Cry<\/p>\n

Tour America!<\/p>\n

The What Liberation Front?<\/p>\n

Where Do You Go To Become A Non-citizen?<\/p>\n

Where Will You Be?<\/p>\n

Who Is This Bitch?<\/p>\n

Womanslaughter<\/p>\n

Yes Ma’am<\/p>\n

You Can’t Be Sure Of Anything These Days<\/p><\/div>\n

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