Blood Dazzler

Name: Blood Dazzler
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ISBN: 9781566892186

ISBN-10: 156689218X

ISBN-13: 9781566892186

Edition: 2008

Authors: Patricia Smith

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In minute-by-minute detail, Patricia Smith tracks Hurricane Katrina as it transforms into a full-blown mistress of destruction. From August 23, 2005, the day Tropical Depression Twelve developed, through August 28 when it became a Category Five storm with its "scarlet glare fixed on the trembling crescent," to the heartbreaking aftermath, these poems evoke the horror that unfolded in New Orleans as America watched it on television. Assuming the voices of flailing politicians, the dying, their survivors, and the voice of the hurricane itself, Smith follows the woefully inadequate relief effort and stands witness to families held captive on rooftops and in the Superdome. She gives voice to…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 90
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.330



Prologue: And Then She Owns You


5 p.m., Tuesday, August 23, 2005


11 a.m., Wednesday, August 24, 2005


5 p.m., Thursday, August 25, 2005


7 p.m., Thursday, August 25, 2005


Why New Orleans Is


Man on the TV Say


Only Everything I Own


Voodoo I: Love and Passion


Wont Be but a Minute


8 a.m., Sunday, August 28, 2005


Inconvenient


Company's Coming


The Dawn of Luther B's Best Day


Ghazal


10:30 a.m., Sunday, August 28, 2005


She Sees What It Sees


What Was the First Sound


Luther B Rides Out the Storm


Gettin' His Twang On


Up on the Roof


Voodoo II: Money


What to Tweak


Michael Brown


M'Dear Thinks on Luther B


Katrina


Voodoo III: Gambling and Lucky Lotto


Don't Drink the Water


Loot


The President Flies Over


Voodoo IV: Power and Domination


Tankas


Superdome


Dream Lover


Voodoo V: Enemy Be Gone


Ms. Thang Sloshes in the Direction of Home


Ethel's Sestina


Didn't Need No Music, Neither


Thankful


34


Their Savior Was Me


Voodoo VI: Healing


Looking for Bodies


Voodoo VII: Develop Psychic Powers


Buried


Back Home


Remembering to Sing


What Betsy Has to Say


Luther B Ascends


Rebuilding


Golden Rule Days


Give Me My Name


Siblings


Katrina


Voodoo VIII: Spiritual Cleansing and Blessing