In this Book
- The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be: Essays and Interviews
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
- Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetics
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- Introduction
- p. xiii
- I. Shorter Essays
- 2. Poetry and Identity
- pp. 9-12
- 8. Theme for the Oulipians
- pp. 44-48
- II. Longer Essays
- 13. African Signs and Spirit Writing
- pp. 79-101
- III. Interviews
- Bibliography
- pp. 267-273
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817386177
Related ISBN(s)
9780817357139
MARC Record
OCLC
809411102
Pages
291
Launched on MUSE
2012-10-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2012