Last Chance for the Tarzan Holler: Poems

Work and awards

Poetry

  • Wannabe Hoochie Mama Gallery of Realities' Red Dress Code: New & Selected Poems (Persea Books, 2016)
  • Tokyo Butter: Poems (Persea Books, 2006)
  • Slave Moth: A Narrative in Verse (Persea Books, 2004)
  • Last Chance for the Tarzan Holler (1998)
  • Small Congregations: New and Selected Poems (1993)
  • Rainbow Remnants in Rock Bottom Ghetto Sky (1991)
  • At Redbones (1990)
  • Pyramid of Bone (1989)
  • Hosiery Seams on a Bowlegged Woman (1983).

Prose

  • New Kiss Horizon (2017), a romance
  • Tale of a Sky-Blue Dress (1998), a memoir
  • Talking to Myself (1984), a play
  • The Dolls in the Basement (1984), a play
  • I Want To Be (Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995)

Awards

  • MacArthur Fellowship (1996)[8]
  • Guggenheim Fellowship (1995)
  • Dewar's Profiles Performance Award (1991)[9]
  • Whiting Award (1991)
  • Witter Bynner Poetry Prize (1991)[9]
  • Artist's Fellowship from the Massachusetts Arts Council (1987)[9]
  • NEA grant

This content is from Wikipedia. GradeSaver is providing this content as a courtesy until we can offer a professionally written study guide by one of our staff editors. We do not consider this content professional or citable. Please use your discretion when relying on it.