Author

Publication

2015 - BOA Editions, Ltd., New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

37,000 words, Guess

Page Count

148 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781938160578
  • Open LibraryOL27185592M

Classifications

  • DDC811/.6
  • LCCPS3602.R72243 A6 2015
  • LCCPS3602.R72243

Description

An "unleashed love song" to her late grandmother, Nickole Brown's collection brings her brassy, bawdy, tough-as-new-rope grandmother to life. With hair teased to Jesus, mile-long false eyelashes, and a white Cadillac Eldorado with atomic-red leather seats, Fanny is not your typical granny rocking in a chair. Instead, think of a character that looks a lot like Eva Gabor in Green Acres, but darkened with a shadow of Flannery O'Connor. A cross-genre collection that reads like a novel, this book is both a collection of oral history and a lyrical and moving biography that wrestles with the complexities of the South, including poverty, racism, and domestic violence.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • American poets continuum series -- no. 147

Other Editions

  • Fanny says: poemsBOA Editions, Ltd.2015-01-01

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