The Spoken Body - Couverture souple

Nieves, Yolanda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1935514458 ISBN 13 : 9781935514459

Editeur : Plain View Press, 2010

Synopsis

This Brown Girl, Dr. Yolanda Nieves, sings of Spirit in these poetic pieces. She sings of a life of dichotomies - a life froth with painful memories that lie dormant, ready to erupt at any given moment in any number of ways. These memories wrestle with harmonies of Hope and Faith that actively convey a melody of Truth - that we are all God's children "woven together like the roots of a baobab tree netted into the earth" - free to grow, free to expand life, free to give to the world who we truly are.
Sarah E. Howard, Ed.D., L.P.C.

In her second collection of poetry, Yolanda Nieves takes us on a musical, rhythmic, spoken-word ride reaffirming her talent as a poet of the new millennium. Her carefully crafted pieces give voice to neighborhood boys, ex-lovers, and varicose veins with lyrical words that sing rather than speak, illustrating both the simplicity and complexity of life. A superb follow-up to Dove Over Clouds.
Xenia Ruizm, Author of Choose Me and Boricua Morena: Memoirs of a Humboldt Park Girl

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Yolanda Nieves is a one of Chicago’s most prominent second generation Puerto Rican playwrights. Born and raised in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, Yolanda Nieves is a poet, playwright, director, educator, actress, and creative director of The Vida Bella Ensemble. Featured on Vocalo, WGN TV News, and NPR, Yolanda is the winner of the highly regarded American Educational Research Association’s 2010 Arts-Based Dissertation of the Year Award for the performance-text, The Brown Girls’ Chronicles: Puerto Rican Women & Resilience. The Brown Girls’ Chronicles has been performed coast-to-coast, and continues to receive interest and be an influential tool for disturbing political and historical consciousness for audiences in the U.S. and abroad.

In 2010, Yolanda’s second play, Bless Me, Madrina!, also a performance –text, played to sold-out audiences at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts. Based on research, the play emanated the dreams and desires that Latinas think about, but don’t necessarily act upon. She is currently involved in Teatro Luna’s PlayLab series and had her play La Matadora/Steel Flags produced by Chicago’s Landmark Project in the Fall of 2011.

Her first love, however, is poetry. As a poet, Yolanda has two books of poetry to her credit: Dove Over Clouds (2008), and The Spoken Body (2010) both published by Plainview Press. She writes poetry that promises to stay with you long after you’ve put down the book. Yolanda holds a doctorate of education from National-Louis University, a master’s of reading from Northeastern Illinois University, a master’s in Organizational Development from Loyola University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola University in English and Education.

Dr. Nieves believes in the power of performance and poetry as tool for liberatory education. She is committed to using the oral tradition on stage as a way to create consciousness of who we are as women, as a community, and as a people. She writes not to conform to theater, but to disturb the status quo and to democratize spaces where others have been marginalized.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Plain View Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1935514458
• ISBN 13: 9781935514459
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 116
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