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Earthquake Came to Harlem 1 edition

Cover of: Earthquake Came to Harlem by Jackie Sheeler

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Nuanced yet aggressive, Earthquake Came to Harlem is a tour-de-force of NYC poetry. From Harlem to Bensonhurst, from a budget hairdresser to the junkie under the corner scaffold, Sheeler (a lifelong New Yorker) allows the people and places she knows so well to engage with the larger universe. In this collection, God is both a prostitute and a suicide bomber; Star Trek a lifeline to sanity amidst the chaos of family dysfunction; police are variously family, foe and rescuers. Using language as musical as it is precise, Sheeler’s poems animate an unexpected world—one you might not want to step into, but can’t tear your eyes away from once you do.

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Earthquake Came to Harlem

Published 2010 by NYQ Books in New York, USA .

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
120
Dimensions
8.5 x 5.5 x inches

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24330637M
ISBN 13
978-1-935520-34-4
LC Control Number
2010931335
OCLC/WorldCat
679938939
Goodreads
10407023

History Created August 7, 2010 · 4 revisions
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May 2, 2011 Edited by Raymond P. Hammond Added new cover
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August 7, 2010 Created by Raymond P. Hammond Created new work record.