February 11th 1990
—for Dennis Brutus
Wanda Coleman, “February 11th 1990” from Hand Dance. Copyright © 1992 by Wanda Coleman. Reprinted by permission of Wanda Coleman.
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Poet Wanda Coleman b. 1946
Subjects Social Commentaries, History & Politics, Race & Ethnicity
Biography
Poet and writer Wanda Coleman is a blatantly humanist artist who has won much critical acclaim for her unusually prescient and often innovative work but who has struggled to make a living from her craft. In discussing “my life in poetry,” More magazine, April 2005, Camille Paglia said of Coleman: “She’s not as central as she should be. Her language jumps off the page.” With twelve books of collected writings published by the . . .
Poems by Wanda Coleman
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SUBJECT Social Commentaries, History & Politics, Race & Ethnicity
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