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Title: This Waiting for Love: Helene Johnson, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance by Helene Johnson, Verner D. Mitchell, Cheryl A. Wall ISBN: 1-55849-256-9 Publisher: Univ. of Massachusetts Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb tribute to an unforgettable poet
Comment: "This Waiting for Love: Helene Johnson, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance" is an anthology of Johnson's work with a rich collection of supplementary materials. The book is edited with an introduction by Verner D. Mitchell.
This book includes the following: a foreword by scholar Cheryl Wall; 65 pages of Johnson's poems; a chronology; black-and-white photos of Johnson and her literary and personal circle; a selection of letters by Johnson and members of her circle (Zora Neale Hurston, Dorothy West, etc.); an afterword by Johnson's daughter Abigail McGrath, and a 2-page bibliography.
All the supplemental material is fascinating, and helps to put Johnson's life and work in historical and cultural context. But the centerpiece of this book is her marvelous body of poetry. Publication data is given for each poem; included are a number of previously unpublished pieces. Johnson was a true technical master of poetry, skilled at using rhyme, meter, and alliteration. She is as effective with a sonnet as with free verse.
Her work is passionate, witty, and bold. She is a keen observer and has some poems that really appeal to the senses. She is adept with vernacular language, as well as with more traditionally literary language. These poems cover an impressive range of subject matter: nature, religion, oppression, Black pride, urban life, war, growing old, etc.
I fell in love with Johnson's amazing voice years ago when I encountered her work in an anthology. I am glad to see a volume devoted to her legacy; I highly recommend this book for individual reading, classroom use, and book clubs.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for anyone who loves poetry...
Comment: Verner Mitchell's book is long overdue. Helene Johnson was a brilliant, up and coming poet of the Harlem Renaissance when she left the poetry circuit to make a living. Langston Hughes, among others, praised her poetry. Mitchell's book gives us previously unpublished poetry as well as further insight into her life. I highly recommend this book to one and all.
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Title: Lorca: Living in the Theatre by Gwynne Edwards ISBN: 0720611482 Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $46.95 |
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Title: Family in the Bible: Exploring Customs, Culture, and Context by Richard S. Hess, M. Daniel R. Carroll, M. Daniel Carroll R., M. Daniel Carroll R ISBN: 0801026288 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Desperate Measures by William Logan ISBN: 0813025621 Publisher: University Press of Florida Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th Ed) by Joseph Gibaldi, Phyllis Franklin ISBN: 0873529863 Publisher: Modern Language Association of America Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Opportunity Reader : Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League's Opportunity Magazine by Dr. Sondra Kathryn Wilson ISBN: 0375753796 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 29 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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