A Paradox in Pink [Paperback]

Jennifer Brown-Banks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 21, 2005

For more than a decade, her words have "wowed" audiences worldwide as a popular feature writer and award-winning poet. Her articles, commentary, and verse have graced the pages of Today's Black Woman, Being Single, Honey, Chicago Sun-Times, Writing for Dollars, Rhapsody in Black, Today's Chicago Woman, Funds for Writers, Empowermag.com, National Association of Women Writers' Weekly, Simon and Schuster's "Chocolate" series, and a host of other print and on-line media. Her dynamism on page is equally matched by her dynamism on stage, as she has eloquently performed her pieces before packed audiences at jazz clubs, bookstores, coffeehouses, and venues throughout Illinois. She is the president and founder of Poets United to Advance the Arts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 75 pages
• Publisher: PublishAmerica (February 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1413767672
• ISBN-13: 978-1413767674
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,399,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars JENNIFER BROWN-BANKS' BOOK IS A PARADOX WHICH REVEALS TRUTH, May 30, 2006

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Henry Jones "Artist and writer" (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Paradox in Pink (Paperback)

Jennifer Brown-Banks' book of poetry A PARADOX IN PINK (Publish America, 2005) is full of provocative words and imagery, which goes beyond pink. The book touches all the colors of the rainbow. If we consider the colors experiences which we all can relate to. At the rainbow's end is a pot of gold full of her creativity.

Brown-Banks allows a reader to visit her home and watch how she deals with daily life. Her poems echo a message: "I'm just like you trying to deal with my weaknesses and control my strengths." Reading the book made me envision this woman sitting beside me telling me about her life. Instead of the rambling of a self-centered person, I found humor, interest and honesty. Touching on each ounce of honesty.

Her talent is seen in how she's able to find the right words to make her point. Either she's opening more of herself or attempting to find ways to open the reader into a world of self- discovery.

You'll find yourself quickly reading page after page. Sometimes you must stop and think about a poem. You stop to take the poem in.

My favorite stanza is from her poem "Visions":

"I see the day before me

Unused fresh clay

To be molded and meshed

To my dream's desires"

This powerful section is almost pliable. It could be a poem onto itself but completes the other stanzas well in "Visions," a poem about hope and potential.

As I read A PARADOX IN PINK, I found myself smiling and nodding in agreement. Other poems, which I especially enjoyed were "November," and "My Undoing."

I wondered too about the symbolism of Pink. Perhaps it's a combination of Brown-Banks' frank truth (white) and uncensored passion (red). A PARADOX IN PINK is an enjoyable book.