Hard times require furious dancing : new poems / by Alice Walker ; foreword and illustrations by Shiloh McCloud.

"Though we have encountered our share of grief and troubles on this earth, we can still hold the line of beauty, form, and beat. No small accomplishment in a world as challenging as this one." So writes Alice Walker in this new book of poems, poems composed over the course of one year in r...

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Main Author: Walker, Alice, 1944-
Other Authors: McCloud, Shiloh.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Novato, Calif. : New World Library, [2010]
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