The poems of this book display a profound concern for humanity and challenge the proposition that anything is ordinary. The first section ("days of protest/night of peace") expresses solidarity with poor and war-ravaged people in Central and South America and in South Africa. The second section ("dead flowers") is a collection of love poems, and the last section ("poems from blue mountain") focuses on African American folklore. The illustrations complement the poems in strength and sensitivity.
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"Ethelbert Miller is one of the most significant and influential poets of our time." -- Gwendolyn Brooks
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The poems in this beautifully produced and conceived book display a profound concern for humanity, an essential focus in this post "9-11" world. The second edition was published on September 8, 2001 to coincide with the First National Book Festival at the Library of Congress at which award-winning poet, E. Ethelbert Miller, was among the honorees.
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In my review of Ethelbert Miller's book, "How We Sleep on the Nights We Don't Make Love," I observed that his poetry sometimes misses the mark, "particularly when he has a 'political point' in mind." And, as you can guess from the title, Mr Miller certainly has a "political point" to make - in deed, several points - in many of the poems included in "Where are the Love Poems for Dictators?" To make matters worse, Mr Miller, who is at his best when he is exploring the simple emotions of everyday life, attempts in "Dictators" to speak in the voice of a South American indian or peasant. It simply doesn't work, (by the way, I'm not one of those people who thinks that the only person who can write convincingly about the life of a Turkish astronaut is a Turkish astronaut - some people can shift their shape to become someone or something else, and some people can't - Mr Miller can't). Mr Miller can write wonderful poems - poems that illuminate the humanity of everyday life in a very special way. Unfortunately, there are few, if any, of those poems in "Dictators."
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- Fathering Words: The Making of an African American Writer by E. Ethelbert Miller in Back Matter
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- Teaching African American Literature: Theory and Practice (Transforming Teaching) by Maryemma Graham in Back Matter
- Performing the Word: African American Poetry As Vernacular Culture by Fahamisha Patricia Brown in Back Matter
- Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry by Jerry W. Ward in Back Matter
- Fathering Words: The Making of an African American Writer by E. Ethelbert Miller in Front Matter
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