Riot Inside Me: More Trials and Tremors

by Wanda Coleman

"Satire and journalism are alive and well in L.A., at least when Wanda Coleman is doing the biting and the reporting."--Publishers Weekly

The Riot Inside Me once again finds the author at the crossroads where art and politics, the personal and the political, and L.A. and the larger world meet. The 26 pieces gathered here--a "hopscotch" of essays, memoirs, interviews, and reports--include a haunting memoir of her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574232002
• ISBN13: 9781574232004
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Black Sparrow Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

The Riot Inside Me

THE RIOT INSIDE ME: More Trials and Tremors is everything the 60s, 70s and 80s were--turbulent waves of social, political and emotional upheaval that segue into placid pools of self-acceptance, artistic talent and bittersweet reflection. With raw candor and compelling prose, Wanda Coleman vividly recreates her journey to the woman she is now--an awesome whirlwind of extraordinary literary stature. Coleman's personal history from the 1950's to 2005, is revealed through essays, interviews, journals and letters--creating an autobiography that is not only a testament to the enduring perseverance of one black woman, but of her willingness to share the humor, as well as the tears, which litter the highways and side streets of her incredible life. In an age when the memoir has taken a beating, Coleman's THE RIOT INSIDE ME emerges as an example of not only how beautiful, but how powerful a memoir can be when executed in the essence of the art. Reviewed by Cxandra for The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers