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Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah (2012)

by Patricia Smith(Favorite Author)

4.27 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1566892996 (ISBN13: 9781566892995)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Coffee House Press

review 1: I am in awe of this book; from the very first poem, which starts hard, echoes from Blood Dazzler, I felt a set tone, a very Patricia Smith tone that told me instead of warned me about what was to come.A memoir-narrative poetic sequence, the book invokes Smith's parents and their move to Chicago and includes accessible and beautiful discourses on female blackness, urbanity, and music. Almost every poem is a wonder.
review 2: There's a lot to love in this book. I found myself scribbling exclamation points and stars all throughout its margins. A few pages have been dogeared for rereading. Mostly, it's many stories of Patricia's upbringing - her mother's journey from the south to Chicago, her first sexual experiences, blackness. The themes aren't necessarily new b... moreut the deftness with which they've been handled are masterful. Patricia Smith knows what she's doing, period. less

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