Calazaza's Delicious Dereliction

by Suzanne Dracius-Pinalie and Suzanne Dracius

In her polyphonic poems, Suzanne Dracius creates protagonists--usually calazazas, light-skinned mulatto women with red or blond hair--who fight like Amazons against racial and gender discrimination. Dracius's voice is leaping and exalted, often sexually charged, and infused with allusions to Greek and Roman mythology. Nancy Naomi Carlson has translated Dracius's Exquise d r liction m tisse, poems written in French yet including some Creole versions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193679764X
• ISBN13: 9781936797646
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Tupelo Press
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"