I AM A BLACK WOMAN Poems by Mari Evans 1970 Morrow

by Mari Evans

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"Mari Evans is a superb poet. Here is the essence of the black experience, esthetically and powerfully evoked. It is a poetry utterly authentic (she is a master of the idiom) -it is also an exquisitely poignant poetry, a private as well as public speech, sure in its perception, haunting in its effects. From the anguish and the anger of life in white America comes this gifted new voice, defiant, infinitely human and, even in this eighth decade of the century, touched with a certain majesty, nowhere more magnificently heard than in that rallying cry of a title piece, I am a black woman.' " -SAM ALLEN, Tuskegee Institute "The poetry of Mari Evans is like fine architecture-solid at base, elegant of line, delightful to contemplate, and, most important of all, designed to fulfill a vital human need. Her concern for the writer's craft is deeply ingrained, leaving her free of the compulsion to strain consciously toward Art. Her language is spare and uncomplicated, but her simplicity is decep-tive. An enduring respect for the dignity of the human spirit pervades her lyrics whether she is exploring the weariness of a work-worn woman or the threat of racial Armageddon. She is all woman, all poet, all artist." -HOYT W. FULLER "The lines don't jump off the page, wolfing "bout blackness, but rather stretch out in feminine waves to entice 'an undying love.' Her waves, though softly feminine, are blackwoman movements and therefore are strong and angular like Mari herself-we look on her and a

• Year: 1970
• Condition: Very Good

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