Movement in Black

Description

Pat Parker—that revolutionary, raw and as they used to say, "right-on sister"—would be celebrating her fifty-fifth birthday in 1999 had she not died of breast cancer ten years ago. To honor her work and call attention to the significance of her contributions, Firebrand Books is publishing a new, expanded edition of her classic, *Movement In Black*. With an incisive introduction by Cheryl Clarke, celebrations/ remembrances/tributes from ten outstanding African American women writers, and a dozen previously unpublished pieces, Movement In Black is a must read/ must have on your book shelf. Whether she was presenting her poetry on street corners, performing with other women—writers, musicians, activists—in bars and auditoriums, rallying the crowd at political events, preaching to the converted, or converting the ill-informed, Pat Parker was a presence. She wrote about gut issues: the lives of ordinary Black people, violence, loving women, the legacy of her African American heritage, being queer. She was a woman who engaged life fully, both personally and as a political activist, linking the struggles for racial, gender, sexual, and class equality long before it was "PC" to do so. She died as she lived—fighting forces larger than herself. The publication of *Movement In Black* is an opportunity, both for those who were around the first time and those who are new to her work, to experience and enjoy Pat Parker's power.

Description

"Pat Parker - that revolutionary, raw, and as they used to say, "right-on sister" - would be celebrating her fifty-fifth birthday in 1999 had she not died of breast cancer ten years ago."--BOOK JACKET. "She wrote about gut issues: the lives of ordinary Black people, violence, loving women, the legacy of her African American heritage, being queer. Both in her personal life and as a political activist she linked the struggles for racial, gender, sexual, and class equality long before it was PC to do so."--BOOK JACKET. "This new, expanded edition of Movement in Black - containing previously unpublished work - honors Pat Parker and calls attention to the significance of her contributions."--BOOK JACKET.

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Genres

• Poetry.

Other Editions

• Movement in BlackPaperbackFirebrand Books1999-02-01
• Movement in BlackFirebrand Books1978-01-01
• Movement in BlackFirebrand Books1978-01-01
• Movement in BlackDiana Press1978-01-01
• Movement in BlackThe Crossing Press1983-01-01
• Movement in Black (Crossing Press Feminist Series)PaperbackCrossing Press1983-09-01