The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2 by Mahogany L. Browne

'What I may love most about REDBONE is the way it strains-formally, with syntax and diction, with voice and perspective, searching for the right space on the page-to make of this complex family story-which, like most family stories, is made of sweetness and plain old hurt-a kind of bearable song. 2007 Editor and contributor, The BreakBeat Poets Volume 2: Black Girl Magic.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Browne, is an American poet1 curator, writer, organizer and. Editor: Mahogany L Browne Editor: Idrissa Simmonds Foreword by: Patricia Smith. She is the 2014 winner of the Crab Creek Review poetry contest, and a New York Foundation for the Arts and Commonwealth Short Story Award Finalist.Poetry. 2: Black Girl Magic by Woods, Jamila, Browne, Mahogany L., Simmonds, Idrissa, Smith, Patricia (ISBN: 9781642591064) from Amazons Book Store. Her work has appeared in Black Renaissance Noire, The Caribbean Writer, Fourteen Hills Press, and elsewhere. Idrissa Simmonds is a fiction writer and poet. She directs the poetry program of the Nuyorican Poets Café. Browne is a Cave Canem and Poets House alumna and the author of several books including Smudge and Redbone. We have new and used copies available, in 2 editions - starting at 2.29. Influenced by Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks, much of her writing explores blackness, womanhood, and the city of Chicago. 2: Black Girl Magic by Jamila Woods (Editor), Mahogany L Browne (Editor), Idrissa Simmonds (Editor) online at Alibris. Browne Credit: courtesy the artists T he upcoming, empowering. Poet and vocalist Jamila Woods was raised in Chicago, and graduated from Brown University, where she earned a BA in Africana Studies and Theatre & Performance Studies. The three editors of The BreakBeat Poets Volume 2: Black Girl Magic: Idrissa Simmonds, Jamila Woods, and Mahogany L. This anthology breaks up the myth of hip-hop as a boys’ club, and asserts the truth that the cypher is a feminine form.

' one of the most diverse and important poetry anthologies of the last 25 years.'-Latino Rebelsīlack Girl Magic continues and deepens the work of the first BreakBeat Poets anthology by focusing on some of the most exciting Black women writing today.

The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2 by Mahogany L. Browne