Author : Donna Allegra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Witness to the League of Blond Hip Hop Dancers by : Donna Allegra
Download or read book Witness to the League of Blond Hip Hop Dancers written by Donna Allegra and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a novella and 11 stories, widely published author and dancer Donna Allegra presents a lyrical and stirring portrait of black lesbians set against the backdrop of West African, jazz, and hip-hop dance. In each story readers inhabit the skin of women who live for dance, women who work and love in a world in which bodies are disrobed and constantly on parade but where lesbian erotics are rarely spoken. But for all these lesbians, women come first in importance-an uncommon stance in the new mythology that paints black women as self-sacrificing towers of strength waiting to exhale. Donna Allegra is a poet and dancer living in New York City. Her work has been published extensively in magazines, and anthologies, including "Best Lesbian Erotica," "Hers," "Does Your Mama Know," and "Lesbian Travels." She is the winner of the Pat Parker Memorial Poetry Award and was a runner-up for the Audre Lorde Poetry Prize in 1994.