Ostinato Vamps: Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822958338)

Ostinato Vamps is Wanda Coleman's first book of poetry since the demise of her longtime publisher, Black Sparrow Press. It continues and enlarges the traits that have been her hallmark for more than three decades: a fierce adherence to the truth and a language so musical one can almost hear the blues line underneath her stanzas. Linguistically daring, lyrically breathtaking, stylistically bold, these poems both explore familiar territory and shatter stereotypes. Life is difficult, often unfair, but it belongs to the living, as Coleman reminds us in no uncertain terms. Racing between an earthy eroticism and fatalistic despair, filled with humor and tragedy, these poems are alive. They breathe. They challenge us even as they reward us for seeking the truth.

Author: Wanda Coleman
ISBN-10: 0822958333
ISBN-13: 9780822958338
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English
Published: 10/19/2003
Pages: 115
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.04w x 0.34d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/06/2003 pg. 81
Library Journal 11/15/2003 pg. 70
Black Issues Book Review 11/01/2004 pg. 46