The sound of one fork

by Minnie Bruce Pratt

The sound of one fork [Jan 01, 1981] Pratt, Minnie Bruce

Genres: Poetry, LGBT

41 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1981

About the author

Minnie Bruce Pratt (b. September 12, 1946 in Selma, Alabama) is an U.S. educator, activist, and award-winning poet, essayist, and theorist. Pratt was born in Selma, Alabama, grew up in Centreville, Alabama and graduated with an honors B.A. from the University of Alabama (1968) and a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of North Carolina (1979). She is a Professor of Writing and Women’s Studies at Syracuse University where she was invited to help develop the university’s first Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Study Program. She emerged out of the women’s liberation movement in the 1970s and 1980s and has written extensively about race, class, gender and sexual theory. Pratt, along with lesbian writers Chrystos and Audre Lorde, received a Lillian Hellman-Dashiell Hammett award from the Fund for Free Expression to writers "who have been victimized by political persecution." Pratt, Chrystos and Lorde were chosen because their experience as "a target of right-wing and fundamentalist forces during the recent attacks on the National Endowment for the Arts."[1] Her political affiliations include the International Action Center, the National Women's Fightback Network, and the National Writers Union. She is a contributing editor to Workers World newspaper. Pratt's partner is author and activist Leslie Feinberg.
[from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_B...]

Reviews

[Ionarr · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is brilliant. I found it looking for poems that could be used in the public domain/creative commons and started flicking through the file for something appropriate; before I knew it I'd read the whole thing, both intros, the appendix and several of the poems again. I'm not always a fan of poetry, but these completely engrossed me and I couldn't put it down. Pratt's voice is so powerful yet so tender, and combined with her vivid, poignant descriptions this collection is everything poetry should be. Not only are the poems themselves stunning on their own, but taken as a whole this small collection is perfectly formed. I wanted poetry that could be shared for free, but I will absolutely be buying at least one of her books after this.

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Elbows is my favorite poem

[mia]

chorei lendo o prefácio, é bastante difícil não estar inserida numa comunidade de escritoras