Running to Stand Still AUTH-11389419 Yet something dark stirs beneath

Yet something dark stirs beneath the soil

first published in 1994

ISBN10: 9518777810

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From Olympia's mismatched buildings of uncertain origins to the faded Victorian grandeur of Port Townsend

Running to Stand Still AUTH-11389419 Yet something dark stirs beneathHistories, stories, lyrics, aspirations, dreams, pressures, and images are spun into a musical tale through a site of convergence: the Black female body. Swarmed by external gazes and narratives, the inhabitant of this body uses her power to turn down this cacophony of noise and compose a symphonic space for herself. By breaching boundaries of racism, sexism, sizeism, colorism, and colonialism, these poems investigate the memories and realities of