Peggy Hamilton's debut volume is located in a series of closed-off places: an imperial walled garden, individual Miami neighborhoods, bedrooms, churches, and children's hiding places. In these settings, the language and languages used allow some people to speak freely and bond with each other--but also mark them as "other" as they close out outsiders. The passionate and disparate voices of this volume belong to individuals within these communities: people in their daily lives--lives many of us can't see.
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"Forbidden City is a book of complex and visceral virtues, where the implicit meets the explicit, and dialect becomes dialectical. Peggy Hamilton's poetry is alive, authentic and empowered, not to mention formally inventive and full of conviction." --Campbell McGrath
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Peggy Hamilton, a native Miamian, is recipient of a State of Florida Individual Artist Grant in Literature for Poetry. A freelance writer, she has taught middle and high school students, many of whom are in residential foster or substance abuse programs or correctional facilities.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Edgy and eye opening,
By Annie "Banana" (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Forbidden City (New Series #4) (Ahsahta Press New Series) (Paperback)
The dialect and insinuations about race and culture made in this book are pushing the limits to what most of us are use to. We read this in my creative writing class, and I felt that the class was really afraid to speak up about their true feelings because of its potentially charged material.There were several poems that I adored, and on the whole, this book of poetry is worth reading. It's overall easy to read and comprehend. I enjoyed it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the most interesting books around,
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This review is from: Forbidden City (New Series #4) (Ahsahta Press New Series) (Paperback)
As poet/scholar Campbell McGrath writes in support of this work, "Forbidden City is a book of complex and visceral virtues, where the implicit meets the explicit, and dialet becomes dialectical. Peggy Hamilton's poetry is alive, authrentic, and empowered, not to mention formally eventive and full of conviction." This book is immensely useful as a tool of enjoyment, education, and emotion.
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