Ostinato Vamps: Poems

by Wanda Coleman

Ostinato Vamps is Wanda Coleman's first book of poetry since the demise of her longtime publisher, Black Sparrow Press. It continues and enlarges the traits that have been her hallmark for more than three decades: a fierce adherence to the truth and a language so musical one can almost hear the blues line underneath her stanzas. Linguistically daring, lyrically breathtaking, stylistically bold, these poems both explore familiar territory and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822958333
• ISBN13: 9780822958338
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 115 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"