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Loose Woman: Poems by Sandra Cisneros
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Loose Woman: Poems (edition 1995)

by Sandra Cisneros

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Loose Woman: Seductive, earthy, at times confessional, Sandra Cisneros' vibrant new collection of poetry celebrates the female aspects of love -- from the reflective to the overtly erotic -- in a voice recognizable from her powerful works of fiction. These poems offer narratives as formally elegant as they are emotional and accessible. They are bound together by the voice of one woman, whose language spans cultures and continents. She is a woman who finds great strength from her roots in the barrio, and who knows better than to take herself too seriously, even as she struggles with the anguish of making sense -- and making love -- in a world she feels compelled to write about. With a multiplicity of moods tumbling through its lines -- joyous and introspective, tender and ruthless, self-mocking and sincere, often funny and sometimes wild and rude -- Loose Woman offers intoxicating poems of extraordinary insight and vivid imagining.… (more)
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Title:Loose Woman: Poems
Authors:Sandra Cisneros
Info:Vintage (1995), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 115 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:****
Tags:poetry

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"what is the good of being close to heaven if our souls have business with the angels but our peepees so much to do with earth" ( )
  stravinsky | Dec 28, 2020 |
Totally a personal taste thing, and two or three of these poems really worked even through my "meh". ( )
  jeninmotion | Sep 24, 2018 |
A vibrant book of poetry. I love her style. It felt so alive. She has excellent verb choice. ( )
  heart77 | Dec 13, 2016 |
Yes it's Latina poetry. ?áBut it's totally accessible - powerful on a level anyone (so long as they're not squeamish) can appreciate.
Some lines:

... love needs a smudged wink. ?áI think."

"This is how I would paint you.
...
Both nude and naked to my pleasure."

"Girlfriend, I believe in Gandhi.
?áBut some nights nothing says it
?áquite precise like a Lone Star
?ácracked on someone's head."

Too long to quote, but only fully appreciable in its entirety, is Bay Poem from Berkeley." ( )
  Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Jun 6, 2016 |
This book was wild...I don't even know how many stars to give it! I'll probably have to read it again, slower this time.
  DanielleMD | Jun 20, 2015 |
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Loose Woman: Seductive, earthy, at times confessional, Sandra Cisneros' vibrant new collection of poetry celebrates the female aspects of love -- from the reflective to the overtly erotic -- in a voice recognizable from her powerful works of fiction. These poems offer narratives as formally elegant as they are emotional and accessible. They are bound together by the voice of one woman, whose language spans cultures and continents. She is a woman who finds great strength from her roots in the barrio, and who knows better than to take herself too seriously, even as she struggles with the anguish of making sense -- and making love -- in a world she feels compelled to write about. With a multiplicity of moods tumbling through its lines -- joyous and introspective, tender and ruthless, self-mocking and sincere, often funny and sometimes wild and rude -- Loose Woman offers intoxicating poems of extraordinary insight and vivid imagining.

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