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Fugitive Colors
These poems take us into the intensely intimate realms of desire, politics and survival. Chrystos' words are made sharp by the living traditions of her people and the edgy rythms of urban life. Both draw us in to hear her stories of passion and injustice. This is poetry to live by. -- Jewelle Gomez
- GenresPoetryIndigenousLGBT
70 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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Chrystos
14 books68 followersChrystos is a Menominee writer and two-spirit activist who has published various books and poems that explore indigenous Americans's civil rights, social justice, and feminism. Chrystos is also a lecturer, writing teacher and fine-artist.
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February 10, 2017
I just want to start this off by saying this was required reading for my Theories in Gender and Women's Studies University class and I'm a little pissed off at my professor now for having us read this.
So, what would happen if you crossed bell hooks and Rorschach from the Watchmen graphic novel? Well, you would basically get this brain child of a book. Or should I say brainless child of a book because I hate this kind of bullshit stream of consciousness writing that people produce and then is considered "modern literature."
It's crap. This is now probably the 10th book that I've had to read where that is the premise (or sometimes it's considered poetry? Whatever, it's all garbage). This is exactly why I changed my major from English because I can't stand this pretentious writing that some tenured scholars are up in their ivory tower institutions praising themselves for reading and having a better view of a minority group of people. No, you don't. Read something academic/research oriented perhaps and that will tell you LOADS more than this half-assed (I cringe to use the word) literature.
Don't waste your time like I was forced to. I could have read 60 pages of 50 Shades of Grey and that would have been a more enjoyable experience. Or rather, gouging out my eyeballs all together and listened to them plop on the pages of this stupid book instead of subjecting myself to reading another sentence by this "author."
Dear professor, you know what I learned? Nothing. Correction: How to speed read through this catastrophe.
This is not to say that I'm trying to flex my white privilege and undermine the stories that Native American's have to tell, far from it. I just want something more academic and qualitative if I'm going to LEARN anything.
So, what would happen if you crossed bell hooks and Rorschach from the Watchmen graphic novel? Well, you would basically get this brain child of a book. Or should I say brainless child of a book because I hate this kind of bullshit stream of consciousness writing that people produce and then is considered "modern literature."
It's crap. This is now probably the 10th book that I've had to read where that is the premise (or sometimes it's considered poetry? Whatever, it's all garbage). This is exactly why I changed my major from English because I can't stand this pretentious writing that some tenured scholars are up in their ivory tower institutions praising themselves for reading and having a better view of a minority group of people. No, you don't. Read something academic/research oriented perhaps and that will tell you LOADS more than this half-assed (I cringe to use the word) literature.
Don't waste your time like I was forced to. I could have read 60 pages of 50 Shades of Grey and that would have been a more enjoyable experience. Or rather, gouging out my eyeballs all together and listened to them plop on the pages of this stupid book instead of subjecting myself to reading another sentence by this "author."
Dear professor, you know what I learned? Nothing. Correction: How to speed read through this catastrophe.
This is not to say that I'm trying to flex my white privilege and undermine the stories that Native American's have to tell, far from it. I just want something more academic and qualitative if I'm going to LEARN anything.
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