[line] | presenting... | Sister | No Blues | [line] | by hattie gossett | [publisher's device] | Firebrand | Books | Ithaca, New York
Printed on acid-free paper in the United States by McNaughton and Gunn
[1] i didn't make a list of the names of the people whose support for this book demands acknowledgement cuz i was scared i might slip up and forget somebody and get myself in a big mess of trouble. however i will say that this first book of mine which includes materials written between 1975&1988 comes to you as a live&direct result of the energies of many people.
[2] in fact you wouldn't even be holding this book in your hands right now dear reader had it not been for the longtime friends support group sisters students&colleagues the therapist wimmin writers new friends various underground renegades the literary agent the tipster & the publisher who at one time or another read&commented on the individual pieces as they were written
[3] who read&commented on the manuscript as it passed through several incarnations. i mean the people who affirmed assured stroked soothed prayed for put up with needled annoyed laughed at infuriated fell out with ignored forgot about cajoled pushed understood encouraged appreciated reflected &reaffirmed me as i went through my changes with this book
[4] to all of them i am everlastingly grateful and can think of no better way of expressing my gratitude than by repeating these words from sly stone: | i wanna | thank you | for letting me |be myself | again.
"Selections from this book have appeared previously in Conditions, Essence, Heresies, Jazz Spotlite News, Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality (Routledge & Keegan Paul), Southern Africa, Union-Wage, and the WREE Newsletter"
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This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "dear landlord dear landlord dear landlord"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "labor relations #1 labor relations #1 labor relations #1"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "subway poems subway poems subway poems"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "labor relations #2 & #3 labor relations #2 & #3 labor relations #2 & #3"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "a night at the fantasy factory foxes! food! fun! dining room 4p.m. till closing/thursday disco"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "at the convention uncle sam the song & danceman (side a)"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "king kong! kingg kongg!! kinggg konggg!!!"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "remember the gogo? remember the gogo? remember the gogo?"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "yo daddy an 80s version of the dozens"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "21st century black warrior wimmins chant for strengthening the nerve & getting yourself together"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "soul looks back in wonder the strength of the past and the hope of the future"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "for my sisters at the rock seems like we could"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "womanmansion to my sister mourning her mother"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "presenting...sister noblues formerly with the original wild&free wimmins blues & jazz desert caravan & fishfry an unlimited engagement"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "is it true what they say about colored pussy?"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "the cleaning woman/labor relations #4 the cleaning woman/labor relations #4 the cleaning woman/labor relations #4"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "dreadlock office temp/labor relations #5 dreadlock office temp/labor relations #5 dreadlock office temp/labor relations #5"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "not all breasts are nourishing and all pussies aint sweet"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "new york city winter poem new york city winter poem new york city winter poem"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "on the question of fans: the slave quarters are never airconditioned"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "in barbados passing a window a flash into the corner of my eye"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "dakar/samba dakar/samba daka/samba"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "fragment #5 fragment #5 fragment #5"
This is how the work is titled in the table of contents. In the text, the poem is titled "world view world view world view"
Presenting...Sister NoBlues (1988 Firebrand Press edition)
1988 edition published by Firebrand Press in Ithaca, New York
Poem by hattie gossett