Danger & Beauty

by Jessica Hagedorn

Book Overview

Drawn from the essence of Latin soul and free jazz, rich evocations of the author's ancestral roots.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872863875
• ISBN13: 9780872863873
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: City Lights Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A unique and impressive anthology of vivid poetry

Writer, performance artist, poet and playwright Jessica Hagedorn's Danger And Beauty is a unique and impressive anthology of vivid poetry, interspersed with the occasional brief prose scene, about everything from pet food and peep shows to the "dangerous music" of 1975. Monologues touching on mature subjects, the undeniable impact a Catholic upbringing has on one's life, and unfettered emotion distinguish Danger And Beauty as poetry that mingles with the forbidden. Sorcery: there are some people I know/whose beauty/is a crime./who make you so crazy/you don't know/whether to throw yourself/as them/or ... them./which makes/for a permanent madness./which could be/bad for you./you better be on the lookout/for such circumstances...