Clarity as concept : a poet's perspective : a collection of essays / by Mari Evans.

Author/creator Evans, Mari
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoChicago : Third World Press, 2006.
Descriptionxvii, 192 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Evans, Mari, 1919-2017
Evans, Mari, 1919-2017--Authorship.
Poets, American--20th century. --Biography.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African American poets--Biography.
African Americans in literature.
African American families.
Authorship.

Contents Family as a foundation -- Color : unconsciously conscious -- My father's passage -- Where we live : the importance of ethos to creativity -- Essentialism : is race enough? -- How we speak : the colonized voice : resistance singing in many keys -- The uniqueness of race : encounter as influence -- Clarity as lifestyle : driving to the question the answer hides -- A virtual grounding African style : race as power--democracy as paradigm for systems of control and genocide -- Political writing as device : decolonization as goal -- The classroom connection : African American letters for beginners -- The Black family as nexus: the relationship of childrearing practices to chaos and change in the African-American community -- In the absence of a Colored museum : the museum as analogue--the other side of alienation.
LCCN 2004024376
ISBN0883782316 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS3555.V22 Z465 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold