Blood vinyls by yolanda j.
Blood vinyls yolanda franklin.
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From blood vinyls anhinga press 2018.
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In blood vinyls southern vernacular gives yolanda franklin what poetry must give to the ear.
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The collection is a large reflection of her childhood and she bases many of the ideas in her work around family roots and music.
The author organized this collection of moving works about southern black womanhood around the structure of a vinyl record and each poem can be read as a track instead of a piece.
She has also been awarded the 2020 vermont studio center callaloo writing fellowship.
Franklin has been selected as an alternate candidate for barbados for the fulbright u s.
The organization of the blood vinyls as tracks with each track as a theme illuminates these soulful gorgeous intelligently crafted poems capturing the black south and womanhood so intimately and with such knowing an edgy discography of florida and the contentions of gender and race in the south.
Franklin this book earned a 5 star rating from roxane gay who praised it by saying that there was not a weak poem in the book.
Ally wright rated it it was amazing aug 02 2018.
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Franklin understands like zora neale hurston how to pen intimate narratives that reveal a.
Nora rated it it was amazing mar 09 2018.
Yolanda franklin s new book of poetry blood vinyls july 2018 is available for pre order through anhinga press.
Franklin m f a phd author of blood vinyls anhinga press poetry creative nonfiction and african american lit.
Franklin is the author of blood vinyls 4 58 avg rating 12 ratings 2 reviews.