Gospel: Poems

Samiya Bashir

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Finalist:Lambda Literary Award -Lesbian Poetry (2009)

Nominee:Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award -Poetry (2010)

Lambda Literary Award finalist. GOSPEL is an ecumenical resistance song in four parts. In this passionate follow-up to 2005's Lambda Literary Award finalist, WHERE THE APPLE FALLS, Bashir's poems challenge truth to stare down the power of fear and paralysis. "We intended gospel to strike a happy medium for the down-trodden," said gospel music pioneer Thomas Dorsey. "This music lifted people out of the muck and mire of poverty and loneliness, of being broke, and gave them some kind of hope anyway. Make it anything but good news, it ceases to be gospel." The good news, according to Bashir, is that we are neither alone in our mess, nor alone in our grasp of the tools to heal. In this pull-no-punches collection Bashir lays down a road map, a portable flashlight, and a shaky-legged escort to usher the way toward recovered sight and strength.

Book Details

Publisher: Redbone Press
Publish Date: Mar 27th, 2009
Pages: 77
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 6.90in - 6.90in - 0.40in - 0.40lb
EAN: 9780978625177
Categories: • American - African American & Black• Women Authors• LGBTQ+

About the Author

Samiya Bashir's books include FIELD THEORIES (Nightboat Books, 2017), GOSPEL (RedBone Press, 2009), WHERE THE APPLE FALLS (RedBone Press, 2005), and Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social & Political Black Literature & Art. She lives in Portland, Oregon.