Akilah oliver (25 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A reprint of the intersectional black feminist classic by the late poet and performer Akilah Oliver.

Condizione: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. A Toast in the House of Friends. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Don't expect sense from these poems, in which grief, politics, literary theory, and sexuality interweave. But do expect language surprise and beautiful metaphors. . . . When [Akilah] Oliver presents her experiences in metaphor-rich language, the reader feels what she feels: incredible loss, infinite pain."-Library Journal"An extraordinary gift for everyone."-Alice NotleyWritten for her son, Oluchi McDonald (1982-2003), Akilah Oliver's poems incorporate prose, theory, and lyric performance into a powerful testimony of loss and longing. In their journey through the borderlands of sorrow, they grapple with violence, find expression in chants, and, like the graffiti she analyzes, become a place of public and artistic memorial. "If memory is the act of bearing witness," she writes, "then the dream is a friend driving us somewhere."Akilah Oliver is the author of the she said dialogues, recipient of the PEN/Beyond Margins Award. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she currently lives in Brooklyn and curates the Monday Night Reading Series at the Poetry Project.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 106 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 68 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Inscribed to poet Margaret Randall: "To Margaret Randall. That day in Boulder exchanging stories." In near fine condition. Stapled wrapper. From the private collection of poet, Margaret Randall. Several underlined phrases in ink. One of 300 copies.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An erudite, gripping manifesto of grief.Written for her son, Oluchi McDonald (1982-2003), Oliver's poems incorporate prose, theory, and lyric performance into a powerful testimony of loss and longing. In their journey through the borderlands of sorrow, they grapple with violence, find expression in chants, and, like the graffiti she analyzes, become a place of public and artistic memorial. "If memory is the act of bearing witness," she writes, "then the dream is a friend driving us somewhere.".…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Don't expect sense from these poems, in which grief, politics, literary theory, and sexuality interweave. But do expect language surprise and beautiful metaphors. . . . When [Akilah] Oliver presents her experiences in metaphor-rich language, the reader feels what she feels: incredible loss, infinite pain."-Library Journal"An extraordinary gift for everyone."-Alice NotleyWritten for her son, Oluchi McDonald (1982-2003), Akilah Oliver's poems incorporate prose, theory, and lyric performance into a powerful testimony of loss and longing. In their journey through the borderlands of sorrow, they grapple with violence, find expression in chants, and, like the graffiti she analyzes, become a place of public and artistic memorial. "If memory is the act of bearing witness," she writes, "then the dream is a friend driving us somewhere."Akilah Oliver is the author of the she said dialogues, recipient of the PEN/Beyond Margins Award. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she currently lives in Brooklyn and curates the Monday Night Reading Series at the Poetry Project.…

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. comes with memorial CD.

Condizione: New. &Uumlber den AutorAkilah Oliver is the author of the she said dialogues, recipient of the PEN Beyond Margins Award. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she has served as artist-in-residence at Beyond Baroque, curated the Poetry Project.

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

First edition, first printing SIGNED. Has become quite scarce. Inscribed with affection to the poet Janine Pommy Vega by the author and dated from Naropa Institute the year of publication on the half title page. As new and bright glossy wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Well endorsed by Alice Notley and Charles Bernstein. A wonderful association piece between two poets.…

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Edition limited to 100 copies (this, no. 72); square 12mo, approx. 6" x 6½", pp. [30]; 3 illustrations from photographs; fine in original white wrappers printed in black. From the library of Allan Kornblum, fine press printer, poet, and founder of the Coffee House Press. Inscribed on the title page: "For A. K. - thank you, from A. O." A thank you for the Coffee House edition of A Toast in the House of Friends, most likely (see below). The Poetry Foundation notes that Akilah Oliver "was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Los Angeles, California. She was the author of two books of poetry: A Toast in the House of Friends [published by Coffee House Press in 2009] and the she said dialogues: flesh memory (1999), which received a PEN Beyond Margins award. Her chapbooks include A Collection of Objects (2010), a(A)ugust (2007), The Putterer's Notebook (2006), and An Arriving Guard of Angels, Thusly Coming to Greet (2004). Oliver collaborated with a range of artists and musicians, such Tyler Burba, Anne Waldman, and Rasul Siddik; a notable performer, Oliver founded the feminist performance collective Sacred Naked Nature Girls in the 1990s. She was a member of the Belladonna* collaborative and a PhD candidate at the European Graduate School.". …