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Elegies for New York Avenue
Winner of the 2011 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award.
"Melanie Henderson's verse in Elegies for New York Avenue is the blessed sound of the street and stoops of Washington D.C., the lives of the special people on the porches and parlors, the unseen, but the people who are the world, and are the city that is loved so well here. Her first collection of word is more than a tri...more
"Melanie Henderson's verse in Elegies for New York Avenue is the blessed sound of the street and stoops of Washington D.C., the lives of the special people on the porches and parlors, the unseen, but the people who are the world, and are the city that is loved so well here. Her first collection of word is more than a tri...more
Paperback, 96 pages
Published
2011
by Main Street Rag Publishing Company
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GOODREADS FIRST READS WIN: I am SO glad to have won this book of poetry by Melanie Henderson on Goodreads. I teach multicultural literature to high school seniors, and these poems are the type that I would love to teach. Her writing is innovative, pensive, and exemplifies "black pride."
A book of poetry is a bit difficult to discuss without going into the poetry itself, so I decided to choose three of my favorite poems and discuss them just a little: "If Black Men Wore Suits" (probably my favorit...more
A book of poetry is a bit difficult to discuss without going into the poetry itself, so I decided to choose three of my favorite poems and discuss them just a little: "If Black Men Wore Suits" (probably my favorit...more
I am usually not one for poetry but I loved this book! "Sanatorium" was my favorite poem out of the book. It was the story of a little girl in a mental facility. Amazing writing. I definitely recommend this book!
These poems sing with lyrical sensibilities while firmly grounding the reader in the time and place they reflect.
I won this book from a goodreads giveaway.
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