Hard times require furious dancing : new poems /

"Though we have encountered our share of grief and troubles on this earth, we can still hold the line of beauty, form, and beat. No small accomplishment in a world as challenging as this one." So writes Alice Walker in this new book of poems, poems composed over the course of one year in r...

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Main Author: Walker, Alice, 1944-
Other Authors: McCloud, Shiloh
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Novato, Calif. : New World Library, [2010]
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505 0 |a Foreword / Shiloh McCloud -- Preface: learning to dance -- Yes, I know -- You confide in me -- You'd be surprised -- Vasilisa -- Sometimes -- Easy -- Compatible -- The answer is yes -- My teacher -- This room -- Still -- Lost -- In us -- Calling all grand mothers -- One earth -- The taste of grudge -- Love is that giant bag -- Watching you hold your hatred -- I will keep broken things -- La vaca -- Monkeys are curious -- I know my duty to life -- Word has reached me -- I pray to you -- I will not deny -- You will never know -- Here -- Meeting you -- The world has changed -- Some lovers -- Told -- To a relative -- Sixty-five! -- Commitment -- We pay a visit to those who play at being dead -- Sometimes our disappointment -- You came -- Rich -- Loving humans -- Dying -- Loving our leaders -- I gave it freely -- Encountering -- Mind shine -- A few monks -- Even so -- Alice loves me -- Morning. 
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