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Street Smarts
By Major, Devorah
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-88068-427-6
- Publisher
- Curbstone Press
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1996
Major's poetry is a potpourri of street jive, scat singing, blues, hip-hop, and rap-a decidedly nonliterary style that perfectly matches a world of "saturday night specials" and "two-bit twenty twos" firing in "hip-hop ranting rhythms/ with a bass oozi coming in." Always engaging and direct, major sees herself as the voice of African Americans and "mixed breeds" of Cre...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
