Raw Air

Raw AirPoems by Cheryl Boyce Taylor "Raw Air sizzles with energy.Boyce Taylor is an acrobat of poetry---leaping in dazzling,daring moves from poignantfamily poems to highly chargedsensual poems. With amazing skill she balances poems resonant with clarity, imagesfresh and often startling."Laura Boss "Here is Cheryl Boyce Taylor, "Poet Laureate" of Trinidadvia Low East Side/Brooklyn,in full book regalia! Arollicking life force churnsair into dance when Cherylreads her poems, sings andraves her poems---a guidedtour of the island. Readsilently, you become a partof family history---a familywho lives in places wherebodies connect and separate,where joy and pain are food.Here are mothers and children,love and more love, the seaof life. Open Raw Air andbreathe deep!"Bob Holman Boyce Taylor is a performance poet, activist and visual artist. She was born in Trinidad. She holds a BA inTheater, an MEd from Long IslandUniversity and an MSW fromFordham University. The book contains a kind,encouraging inscribed note with signature by the poet. First edition Some waving from improper storage. Should flatten with weight applied. Wear to cover.Interior clean.