Absence in the Palms of My Hands: & Other Poems [Paperback]

Asha Bandele (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Writers & Readers (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0863160131
• ISBN-13: 978-0863160134
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,625,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't miss out. Read Asha Bendele., April 29, 2000

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Lisa Haynes "author, Ex-Lovers & More Importa... (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Absence in the Palms of My Hands: & Other Poems (Paperback)

I stumbled across Bendele during an Amazon.com search for new poets and ordered this book as a gift based only on the reviews. I feel SO lucky to have found it. Bendele writes raw, powerful, honest poetry that causes the reader to draw in a deep, sudden breath time and time again as each poem surprises and enlightens. Bendele says the things that need to be said, and she does it so well that her message is unforgettable and undeniable.

And the best thing? You may be reading her poetry silently to yourself, but it reads like it's being spoken aloud to a packed auditorium. As a reader you get the sense that you're on the edge of something big and brilliant - the end of denial, and the acknowledgment of survival and hope in a painful and unjust world.

Please, Ms. Bendele, more, more, more!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have ([e-mail]), March 13, 2001

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This review is from: Absence in the Palms of My Hands: & Other Poems (Paperback)

Asha Bandele has a way with words. As always she calls us to dissect ourselves. To dig away at the surface in order to reach the core. Her words of poetry float over each page, and is able to attack the mind and force us to think. She is able to deliver and articulate what we think but so often afraid to say. She is the voice of my generation. A voice demanding to be heard.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the strongest black woman voices ever published., August 4, 1998

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This review is from: Absence in the Palms of My Hands: & Other Poems (Paperback)

Asha has developed a distinctive way of writing her poetry that lends its reading her own poetic voice. But her own voice can not be matched. Her poetry is emotional, powerful, blood curdling, and blood boiling. When she reads it, she transcends the words carries it one step further, making it tangible as few poets can.