Description
Toi Derricotte's fourth collection of poetry. Tender probes sexuality, spirituality, emotion, child abuse, mother hatred, and the physical and psychological ravages of violence. These poems are raw and upsetting in subject matter, yet extremely readable.
Author: Toi Derricotte
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 08/14/1997
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 8.03h x 6.08w x 0.28d
ISBN13: 9780822956402
ISBN10: 0822956403
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
Author: Toi Derricotte
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 08/14/1997
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 8.03h x 6.08w x 0.28d
ISBN13: 9780822956402
ISBN10: 0822956403
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
About the Author
Toi Derricotte is the author of The Undertaker's Daughter, The Empress of the Death House; Natural Birth; Captivity; and Tender, winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize. She is the recipient of two Pushcart Prizes and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, among other honors. Derricotte is cofounder of Cave Canem and professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.