The Eating Hill - Softcover

Mitchell, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0933377045 ISBN 13: 9780933377042

Publisher: The Eighth Mountain Press, 1993

"Eloquent and evocative a unique perspective."--Library Journal "A rich and magical look at Black Southern culture."--San Francisco Chronicle "A portrait of a culture.... it weaves the past into a present consciousness, creating the sense that to be human is to be a knowing part of a continuum."--Hungry Mind Review

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Review:

After Many Years Of Widowhood
After The Age Of Thirty
After The Birth
Anna, After Slavery
Belly Edge
Birmingham, Alabama: 1963
Black Patent Leather Shoes
The Blacker The Berry, The Sweeter The Juice
Confession
The Couple
The Eating Hill
First Date
For John T. Allen, Or When A Man Can't Get To Next Corner
For Michael
For The Mourner
Fossil
From Albert, Who Marches In Sandals On Christopher Street
Frozen
Grandfather
Journey
Junkman
Moments
The Monster
Night Rain
On The Anniversary Of Your Death
The Paper Woman
Poem For My Son
Returning
Sometimes
Song For Clara Bell
Talking Behind The Katydids
Testament
There Is A House
They Call It Stormy Monday, But Tuesday's Just As Bad
Tree Stillness
Visit
Waking
Where Have The Black Sheep Gone?
Woman Leaving
You Remember The Railroad Tracks
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder�

From Library Journal:

Selected by Audre Lorde as the winner of the 1989 Eighth Mountain Poetry Prize, this collection examines death and the connections between people: "And when I came to you, husband,/ I came as a black feather/ that had moved against wind." The rich flavor of the South permeates these poems, which are replete with katydids, Mississippi cedar trees, and fireflies. The result is a mixed bag: some poems are eloquent and evocative, but especially when using dialog, Mitchell's voice can falter. Still, such poems as "Anna After Slavery," "The Blacker the Berry," and "Birmingham, Alabama, 1963" present a unique perspective, one seldom seen in contemporary poetry.
- Doris Lynch, Oakland P.L., Cal.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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