The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be
Essays and Interviews
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism
| Author: | Harryette Mullen | ISBN: | 9780817386177 |
| Publisher: | University of Alabama Press | Publication: | August 25, 2012 |
| Imprint: | University Alabama Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Harryette Mullen |
| ISBN: | 9780817386177 |
| Publisher: | University of Alabama Press |
| Publication: | August 25, 2012 |
| Imprint: | University Alabama Press |
| Language: | English |
The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be forms an extended consideration not only of Harryette Mullen’s own work, methods, and interests as a poet, but also of issues of central importance to African American poetry and language, women’s voices, and the future of poetry.
Together, these essays and interviews highlight the impulses and influences that drive Mullen’s work as a poet and thinker, and suggest unique possibilities for the future of poetic language and its role as an instrument of identity and power.
The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be forms an extended consideration not only of Harryette Mullen’s own work, methods, and interests as a poet, but also of issues of central importance to African American poetry and language, women’s voices, and the future of poetry.
Together, these essays and interviews highlight the impulses and influences that drive Mullen’s work as a poet and thinker, and suggest unique possibilities for the future of poetic language and its role as an instrument of identity and power.
