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An identity polyptych

Title
An identity polyptych / Tameca L Coleman.
Author
Coleman, Tameca L.
Publication
  • [United States] : The Elephants, [2021]
  • ©2021

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TextUse in library JFE 22-2306Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
TextUse in library Sc E 22-1631Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Description
111 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Autobiographical poetry.
  • Poetry.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: I do not know when reconciliation comes -- They Were Made For L's -- Am I Black? -- A friend of mine says ... -- "For all practical purposes ..." -- "It never matters until I leave the house" -- "When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim ..." -- It became apparent ... -- Inside, Outside, the Ocean -- Damballa -- A Shape Story -- "The work is never ending ..." -- You can't just read your way out ... -- My Black -- Toothpick Shortly Alter 9/11 -- Sing It Like They Do In Africa -- My Blackness is a Constant Question -- A Cat Named Nigger -- I Remember Us As Thieves -- We Chucked Rocks at the Woodland Haunts -- The Story of My Name -- How to Honor Your Mother and Your Father -- Winter, 1976: An Interview with My Mother -- It could have been Cordova -- My brothers and I had a swing set ... -- Mom's name was on the deed -- Mom had a man come draw a panther -- The man drew Conan the Barbarian ... -- I wanted something on my wall too -- The man suggested Care Bears ... -- I was told my mother was a wild woman ... -- He worked and worked ... -- Sitting on his lap, being held like that, meant comfort -- Kids on the bus ... -- In reading class ... -- I could never get away with anything ... -- The man was going to paint the pictures ... -- I got a bad spanking once ... -- I remember Mom, how you joked ... -- I used to melt crayons ... -- The neighbor's boys -- Mom married a man ... -- My lather always had a lot of records ... -- Mom told me once that he was jealous ... -- My mother's neck shakes ... -- My mother had a hawk eye -- In the eighties, so main PSAs -- The bully on the bus ... -- Mom ruled with a double bind -- Mom used to say that she was so happy ... -- When the bully on the bus tore the letter ... -- We went to Mom's and her boyfriend's ... -- The twins next door -- We got a box from Maryland ... -- A friend who worked for the state ... -- I fell asleep with the light -- Your oldest sister, my aunt -- Twenty Years -- Alter My Father's Wife Died -- Uncle John -- [... coal and kindling ...] -- [... testify ...].
Call Number
Sc E 22-1631
ISBN
  • 1988979447
  • 9781988979441
OCLC
1269483274
Author
Coleman, Tameca L., author.
Title
An identity polyptych / Tameca L Coleman.
Publisher
[United States] : The Elephants, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 22-1631
JFE 22-2306
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