Urban Junkstar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972760318 ISBN 13: 9780972760317

Publisher: Past Tents Press, 2005

Poetry. African American Studies. Drawings by Kathleen Rashid. "URBAN JUNKSTAR illustrates creative depth and dexterity that exceeds most of her contemporaries. Attuned to the sounds and silences in the rural landscape and to the intensity and sophistication of urbanity, Reese's imaginary instigates internal tensions and ambiguities enhanced by shades and halftones. These poems are aurally engaging and visually enchanting. The language is keenly subtle and subliminal, and yet, is is sometimes dramatic, often humorous, but always immensely entertaining."—Melba Joyce Boyd

About the Author:

Leslie Reese was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and is a graduate of Detroit Public Schools. She has lived and worked in Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended Spelman College; New York City, New York; and Huntsville, Alabama, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Alabama A&M University. Leslie is the author of Upside Down Tapestry Mosaic History (1987) from Broadside Press. She currently lives in Detroit and works at the Detroit Institute of the Arts.