Women's Studies Quarterly (32: 3&4): Women, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2004 From an investigation of the motivations of Andrea Yates to analysis of "Prime Suspect 2," this far-reaching and groundbreaking issue of WSQ explores why women's issues in the field of criminal justice studies have become increasingly visible in recent years. The articles and essays explore the impact of mandatory sentencing and the war on drugs on women; describe cases where prosecutors use ...             In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself, Vol. 6 MW Enterprises, 2005 Volume 6 of the highly-regarded series, now with 120 additional pages and loads of award-winning writers from around the globe. The book series that defines a generation, the generation born since 1960, defining its unique place in history through its own voices.             Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam10 reviews Three Rivers Press, 2001 kinda urban kinda fresh kinda funky + Poetry Is Not Hip Hop Without a Beat + Bought it and you should too. + Lyrical Masterpiece! + A performer's must have!             Powerlines: A Decade of Poetry from Chicago's Guild Complex1 review Tia Chucha, 1999 Chicago Poetry At It's Best This one is not to be missed. If you love poetry you will love this combination of Pulitzer Prize Winners and Saloon Poets. A hundred poets are featured here, each with a distinct voice. This anthology shows why Chicago is America's poetry capital. With work by local artists such as Marvin Tate, ...             Fingernails Across the Chalkboard: Poetry and Prose on HIV/AIDS from the Black Diaspora Third World Press, 2007 Featuring a wide assortment of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, this powerful volume confronts the existence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic within the Black Diaspora. Defining a cultural dialogue that will be prevalent well into the 21st century, these writings celebrate life and the living by humanizing the effects of HIV and giving powerful voices to the affected and afflicted. The writings, ...             Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry10 reviews Manic D Press, Inc., 2000 A good breaking-in for first time readers + Romanticizes While It Educates + JIGGA WHAT?! GIMME SOME MO' One of the most accesible books around for anyone even remotely interested in poetry. If you've never been to an open mic or a slam, give this one a whirl...it'll make you want to go (and maybe even slip a poem in your pocket before you lock the door). If you've been to an open mic and ...             Tempu Tupu!/walking Naked: Africana Women's Poetic Self-portrait Africa World Press, 2008 Temba Tupu! is a one-of-a-kind anthology brimming with a cross-section of poetic styles that represent the creative genius of Africana women from the beginning of written records. Included are selections from Queen Hatshepsut, Makeda, Queen of Sheba, Sojourner Truth, Gladys Casely Hayford, Una Marson, matriarch of Jamaican women s poetry, and Noemia Da Sousa, a revolutionary poet from southern ...             Home Girls Make Some Noise!: Hip-hop Feminism Anthology2 reviews Gwendolyn D. Pough Parker Publishing Llc, 2007 Hip-hop Ferminism Anthology + Mic Check One Two, One Two The essays are excellent. These young women have brought to light how young black females are viewed by the public. Everyone should read this book especially the one by Brittney Cooper!!!!!             The Spoken Word Revolution Redux2 reviews Mark Eleveld Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2007 Poetry for the Stage + As good if not better than the first. This anthology of poetry intended primarily for the stage, is the follow up to The Spoken Word Revolution (2003), which quickly became the top-selling and most influential book on the spoken word poetry scene. Eleveld outdoes only himself in this anthology, which honors many of the men and ...             Bowery Women: Poems1 review YBK Publishers, Inc., 2006 fascinating If you loved the previous entries in the Bowery Books Poetry Series as much as I did, then you've probably been anxiously awaiting this new anthology. I can tell you that it does not disappoint! This is a really interesting read with work that spans all emotions. Several poems have been read and ...             Black Writing from Chicago: In the World, Not of It? Southern Illinois University Press, 2006 Black Writing from Chicago: In the World, Not of It? takes readers on a cultural trip through Chicago’s literary history. Editor Richard R. Guzman compiles the first comprehensive collection of the works of Chicago’s black writers from 1861 to the present day. The anthology, which includes works from newspaper writing, poetry, fiction, drama, essays, and historical and social ...             Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry: Season 46 reviews Hbo Home Video, 2007 This IS poetry today + Let the spoken word flow!! + The best one yet As a spoken word poet and literature professor, I love Def Poetry Jam as a source of inspiration and a touchstone for the state of spoken word poetry. An ecclectic mix of different styles, season 4 is another great collection of incredible poets and poems. These are taped live in a Broadway ...             OCHO #16: MiPOesias Magazine Print Companion Barbara Jane Reyes CreateSpace, 2008 Guest edited by Barbara Jane Reyes. Including poems by Tara Betts, Brian Dean Bollman, Sasha Pimentel Chacon, Chingin Chen, Linh Dinh, Sarah Gambito, Jessica Hagedorn, Jaime Jacinto, Nathaniel Mackey, Craig Santos Perez, Matthew Shenoda, Jennifer K. Sweeney, Truong Tran, Dillon Westbrook, and Debbie Yee.             These Hands I Know: African-American Writers on Family Sarabande Books, 2002 These Hands I Know offers readers the first-ever intimate view of the inner workings of black family life from the point of view of prose and poetry writers. This collection of seventeen essays includes portraits of fathers, mothers, nieces, brothers, grandparents, husbands, wives, and daughters-in short the full spectrum of absolute humanity in contemporary black families. Here, in letter form, ...             Erotic Haiku1 review Emi Suzuki IBC Books, 2005 A refreshingly tasty treat!! I was quite impressed by many of the poems. The book's illustrations simplistic nature cleverly allude to a primal state that allows the mind to enjoy itself in the privacy of its reader's home. Clearly a collection of kodak moments that convey the singular insight that is the human sexual ...             The Sexual Body: WSQ: Spring / Summer 2007 (Women's Studies Quarterly) The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2007 During the past thirty years, controversies have raged over the associations among women's bodies, sex, and questions of women's liberation. Through critical essays, fiction, poetry, and images, this provocative issue draws on the expertise of a variety of disciplines to explore a range of topics, including soul food, the works of performance artist Sarah Jones, photographer Renee Cox, filmmaker ...             Best Black Women's Erotica 22 reviews Cleis Press, 2003 Imaginative fantasies unleashed! + Best Black Women's Erotica 2 BEST BLACK WOMEN'S EROTICA 2 is a collection of passion-filled writings that will definitely arouse your curiosity in erotica. While reading this book, it causes your emotions to tingle, your mind to be caressed and your sensual longings to climb toward an apex! The collection is that of 20 well ...             Hurricane Blues: Poems about Katrina and Rita Southeast Missouri State University, 2006             That Takes Ovaries!: Bold Females and Their Brazen Acts6 reviews Three Rivers Press, 2002 WHAT AN INSPIRATION! + Great book + Showing what is possible... + Yeah For Bold Women + Grrrl power at its best!!!             Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade University of Michigan Press, 2006 Founded by prizewinning poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996, Cave Canem has for the past ten years dedicated itself to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. Cave Canem began as a week-long summer workshop/retreat for poets and has now expanded to include regional workshops, poetry readings, a series of public interviews between major poets and ...