The Palm Of My Heart by Davida Adedjouma
Black is dark, dark is lovely, lovely is the palm of my heartand my heartbeats are filled with joy When children are encouraged to celebrate their lives -- their joys, their influences, their hopes -- the results are pure poetry. Honest, wise, and inspiring, each of the twenty poems in this dazzling collection resounds with the unique rhythms of life, as seen through the eyes of African American children.Davida Adedjouma is a certified social worker who specializes in coaching women through various previous traumas through writing - whether journaling, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or memoir - in order to reconstruct the reality of who they are now: thrivers, not simply survivors. She is a published author and playwright whose work has been performed at Symphony Space in New York City and published in anthologies around the United States. as well as France. The Barbie Chronicles: Revisited, Adedjouma's first poetry chapbook, will be released soon. She and her pug, Sparky, currently reside in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781880000762 |
| ISBN 10 | 1880000768 |
| Title | The Palm Of My Heart |
| Author | Davida Adedjouma |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Lee & Low Books Inc |
| Year published | 1999-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Prizes | Winner of Firecracker Alternative Book Award (Kids) 1997, Commended for Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator) 1997 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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