The poems of Multitudes comprise an African American opera of towering ambition and scope: there are arias and recitatives, whispers and shouts, growls and coos, formal interludes and symphonic improvisation, all set within a revelatory social and cultural context. In this aptly-titled collection, Weaver's poetry ranges from works of lyrical intensity to sharply etched portrait poems, straightforward narratives, and verse of experimental daring, such as the breathtakingly…
Author: Afaa M. Weaver · Original publisher: Sarabande Books (2000)
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