Title: Race Cannot Carry Poetry Alone
Product review: Here's an example of how a rush for publishers to seem multicultural can turn around and bite them in the rear. I appluad this writer for being in touch with her past and her culture, but I question the literary value of a book that feels that bald, bland, and blunt lessons in race and ethnicity is all that matters in poetry. These are flat, unimaginative, expository poems, and it makes sense--unfortunately--that our former Poet Laureate, Rita Dove, would provide an introduction to this book, considering how badly her own work became after she assumed the role of token black female poet with her terribly shameful "Rosa Parks" collection. I can't recommend this book, sorry.
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