Funeral Diva

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Author

Pamela Sneed

Publication

2020 - City Lights Books

Language

English

Word Count

36,000 words, Guess

Page Count

144 pages

Identifiers

ISBN-139780872868113
ISBN-100872868117
Library of Congress Control Number2020009381
OCLC Control Number1145895026
Better World Books9780872868113

and 1 more

Open LibraryOL29873704M

Classifications

LCCPS3569.N34A6 2020
LCCPS3569.N34 A6 2020

Description

A poetic memoir about coming-of-age in the AIDS era, and its effects on life and art.

Description

"In this collection of personal essays and poetry, acclaimed poet and performer Pamela Sneed details her coming of age in New York City during the late 1980s. Funeral Diva captures the impact of AIDS on black queer life, and highlights the enduring bonds between the living, the dying, and the dead. Sneed's poems not only converse with lovers past and present, but also with her literary forebears--like James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde--whose aesthetic and thematic investments she renews for a contemporary American landscape. Offering critical focus on matters from police brutality to LGBTQ+ rights, Funeral Diva confronts the most pressing issues of our time with acerbic wit and audacity"--