'Essential reading' Roger Robinson
'Hateful and hilarious, heartbroke and hellbent' Mary Karr
'Sure, wise and devastating . . . a joy' Caleb Azumah Nelson
'Wanda Coleman is not just wickedly wise, she is transcendent' Washington Post
Nobody wrote about police hassle like she did. Nobody wrote about making ends meet, about the history of the slave trade or the comedy of the daily grind, with the same breathtaking originality and brio; and few writers, before or since, have had the courage to write with such honesty about their everyday experience of life - and love - in an unjust world.
This is the first ever UK publication of the poetry of Wanda Coleman: a beat-up, broke and Black woman who wrote with defiance, humour and clarity about her life on the margins, and who went overlooked by the establishment for decades - even as she was known colloquially as 'the unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles'.
Wicked Enchantment gathers 130 of Coleman's poems in a selection by Terrance Hayes. Funny, angry, endlessly alive and written with an immediacy and frankness that captivate, here is the essential work of a poet of fierce resistance and self-belief against the odds.
| ISBN: | 9780141995830 |
| Publication date: | 29th April 2021 |
| Author: | Wanda Coleman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Feminism and feminist theory Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards) |
'Essential reading' Roger Robinson'Hateful and hilarious, heartbroke and hellbent' Mary Karr'Sure, wise and devastating . . . a joy' Caleb Azumah Nelson'Wanda Coleman is not just wickedly wise, she is transcendent' Washington PostNobody wrote about police hassle like she did. Nobody wrote about making ends meet, about the history of the slave trade or the comedy of the daily grind, with the same breathtaking originality and brio; and few writers, before or since, have had the courage to write with such honesty about their everyday experience of life - and love - in an unjust world.This is the first ever UK publication of the poetry of Wanda Coleman: a beat-up, broke and Black woman who wrote with defiance, humour and clarity about her life on the margins, and who went overlooked by the establishment for decades - even as she was known colloquially as 'the unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles'.Wicked Enchantment gathers 130 of Coleman's poems in a selection by Terrance Hayes.
Wicked Enchantment features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets, Feminism and feminist theory, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)
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Wicked Enchantment was written by Wanda Coleman and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Wicked Enchantment has 224 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.