The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be : Essays and Interviews
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| Title: | The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be : Essays and Interviews |
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| Description: | The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be forms an extended consideration not only of Harryette Mullen's own work, methods, and interests as a poet, but also of issues of central importance to African American poetry and language, women's voices, and the future of poetry. Together, these essays and interviews highlight the impulses and influences that drive Mullen's work as a poet and thinker, and suggest unique possibilities for the future of poetic language and its role as an instrument of identity and power. |
| Authors: | Harryette Mullen |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Poets, American--20th century--Interviews, African American women poets--Interviews, Literature and society--United States--History--20th century, African American women--Intellectual life--20th century |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be forms an extended consideration not only of Harryette Mullen's own work, methods, and interests as a poet, but also of issues of central importance to African American poetry and language, women's voices, and the future of poetry. Together, these essays and interviews highlight the impulses and influences that drive Mullen's work as a poet and thinker, and suggest unique possibilities for the future of poetic language and its role as an instrument of identity and power. |
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| ISBN: | 9780817357139 9780817386177 |
