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The presence of this voice worried McCallum because of her family's history of mental illness (her father suffered from schizophrenia), but she felt driven to complete her work and free the proverbial madwoman. [2] The madwoman is, in the poem "Madwoman as Rasta Medusa", a merger between a Rasta woman and the Medusa of Greek mythology. [3]
The first is the common identity, which is the one that has been imposed on us [30] by a long history of societal standards, controlling images, pressure, a variety of stereotypes, and stratification. The second identity is the individual identity that we have chosen [30] once we are given the chance and feel are ready to expose our true selves.
She is also the author of a book of scholarly criticism, The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry: Race, Identity, and the Performance of Popular Verse in America (University of Michigan Press, 2009), which was the first scholarly monograph on the poetry slam and which focuses on African American performance in slam and spoken word poetry.
David Mura (born 1952) is an American author, poet, novelist, playwright, critic and performance artist [1] whose writings explore the themes of race, identity and history. In 2018, Mura has published a book on creative writing, A Stranger’s Journey: Race, Identity & Narrative Craft in Writing, in which he argues for a more inclusive and expansive definition of craft.
Alexander was born in Harlem, New York City, and grew up in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of former United States Secretary of the Army and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chairman Clifford Alexander Jr. [6] and Adele Logan Alexander, a professor of African-American women's history at George Washington University and writer.
Half-Caste" is a poem by Guyanese poet John Agard that looks at people's ideas and usage of the term "half-caste", a derogatory term for people of multiracial descent. The poem is included within Agard's 2005 collection of the same name, in which he explores a range of issues affecting black and mixed-race identity in the UK. The poem is ...
Quraysh Ali Lansana (born Ron Myles [1] September 13, 1964, Enid, Oklahoma) [2] is an American poet, book editor, civil rights historian, and professor. [3] [4] [5] He has authored 20 books in poetry, nonfiction and children’s literature.
Coal is a collection of poetry by Audre Lorde, published in 1976. [1] It was Lorde's first collection to be released by a major publisher. [2] Lorde's poetry in Coal explored themes related to the several layers of her identity as a "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet." [3] [4]