She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks

She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks
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Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages : 113
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ISBN-10 : 9780819575685
ISBN-13 : 0819575682
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Book Synopsis She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks by : M. NourbeSe Philip

Download or read book She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks written by M. NourbeSe Philip and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliant, lyrical, and passionate, this collection from the acclaimed poet M. NourbeSe Philip is an extended jazz riff running along the themes of language, racism, colonialism, and exile. In this groundbreaking collection, Philip defiantly challenges and resoundingly overthrows the silencing of black women through appropriation of language, offering no less than superb poetry resonant with beauty and strength. She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks was originally published in 1989 and won the Casa de Las Americas Prize. This new Wesleyan edition includes a foreword by Evie Shockley. An online reader's companion will be available at http://nourbesephilip.site.wesleyan.edu.


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