Matching Skin by ShirletteAmmons Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2008 by Carolina Wren Press ISBN-13: 978-0-932112-56-9, ISBN: 0-932112-56-0
"A second collection of poetry by Shirlette Ammons, poet and musician, which also includes the music CD "John Anonymous.""
Stumphole Aunthology of Bakwoods Blood by ShirletteAmmons Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2002 by Big Drum Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-890349-99-8, ISBN: 1-890349-99-2
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"The South: to render all that it means to an African American takes someone with acutely tuned senses, someone with a patience, a passion even, for the region's history and contradictions. It takes a poet. In this new anthology, the first of its kind, more than one hundred contemporary black poets laugh at and cry about, pray for and curse, flee and return to--the South.Voices new to the scene appear in The Ringing Ear alongside some of ..."
"The South: to render all that it means to an African American takes someone with acutely tuned senses, someone with a patience, a passion even, for the region's history and contradictions. It takes a poet. In this new anthology, the first of its kind, more than one hundred contemporary black poets laugh at and cry about, pray for and curse, flee and return to--the South.Voices new to the scene appear in "The Ringing Ear" alongside some ..."
"Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su, Richard Blanco, Ed Madden, Nikky Finney ..."