Picasso, I Want My Face Back [Paperback]

Grace Nichols (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1852248505 | ISBN-13: 978-1852248505 | Publication Date: May 4, 2010

Art, landscape, and memory are interwoven strands in the fabric of Grace Nichols' latest collection, Picasso, I Want My Face Back. The book opens with a long poem in the voice of Dora Maar, who, as Picasso's muse and mistress, was the inspiration for his iconic painting, The Weeping Woman. The poems are almost interlocking reflections that echo the cubist manner of the painting and allow us to enter the shifting surfaces of Dora Maar's mind and her journey of self reclamation. ""Speaks through the voice of Dora Maar, Pablo Picasso's lover. . . The intriguing angle to Picasso makes for unique poems well worth reading."" - The Midwest Book Review

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Speaks through the voice of Dora Maar, Pablo Picasso's lover. . . The intriguing angle to Picasso makes for unique poems well worth reading. --The Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Born in Guyana, Grace Nichols has lived in Britain since 1977. Her first collection, I is a Long Memoried Woman (1983) won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. Her later poetry collections - published by Virago - include The Fat Black Woman's Poems (1984), Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Woman (1989) and Sunris (1996), along with numerous poetry books for younger readers, including Come on into My Tropical Garden (1988), Give Yourself a Hug (1994), Everybody Got a Gift (2005) and Startling the Flying Fish (2006), poems which tell the story of the Caribbean. Her latest collection Picasso, I Want My Face Back (Bloodaxe Books, 2009) will be followed by her Selected Poems from Bloodaxe in 2010, on the occasion of her 60th birthday. She lives in Sussex with the poet John Agard and their family.

Product Details

• Paperback: 63 pages
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd (May 4, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852248505
• ISBN-13: 978-1852248505
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,107,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Grace Nichols speaks through the voice of Dora Maar, Pablo Picasso's lover and inspiration, April 17, 2010

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This review is from: Picasso, I Want My Face Back (Paperback)

Picasso's work meant more than being just weird. "Picasso, I Want My Face Back" is a collection of poetry from Grace Nichols as she speaks through the voice of Dora Maar, Pablo Picasso's lover and inspiration. The intriguing angle to Picasso makes for unique poems well worth reading, making "Picasso, I Want My Face Back" a top poetry pick. "Seven Sisters": Seven sisters standing/shoulder to chalky shoulder --/Seven sisters huddling to Sussex mist/open-armed to sun's expansive kiss/yet straight and firm as Victorian maidens/all kin to Dover - the green-shawled/grandmother of all cliffs.