The Delicacy of Embracing Spirals Tempestt Mimi
Incendiary, lyrical poems of liberation from the phantasm of Black womanhood. "To encounter the words of mimi tempestt on the page, or in performance, is to witness the rare transcendency of language…
Specifikacia The Delicacy of Embracing Spirals Tempestt Mimi
Incendiary, lyrical poems of liberation from the phantasm of Black womanhood. "To encounter the words of mimi tempestt on the page, or in performance, is to witness the rare transcendency of language where the line becomes an exacting blade."--Truong Tran, author of book of the otherWedding fierce, jagged lines to an uncompromisingly lyrical flow honed over years of performance, mimi tempestt writes poems that are by turns cerebral, profane, revolutionary, comedic, erotic, and sentimental. the delicacy of embracing spirals is her second book, an investigation of the ways in which the personal narrative of Black womanhood can be expressed through a radically human lens. With a visual sensibility that eventually explodes across the page, the collection begins with microcosmic poems of personal struggle and spirals out to macrocosmic