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Sonnet sequences3/26/2023 Van Jordan’s The Cineaste (crown of 44 sonnets), Elizabeth Alexander’s & Marilyn Nelson’s Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color (24 sonnets) John Murillo’s Up Jump the Boogie (a crown of 7 sonnets). Joseph’s publication of an extended sonnet sequence corresponds to similar compositions by other poets in our dataset such as Nikky Finney’s Head Off & Split (sequence of 19 sonnets), Patricia Smith’s Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah (crown of 15 sonnets,) Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard (crown of 10 sonnets), Tyehimba Jess’s Leadbelly (a crown of 7 sonnets) Marilyn Nelson’s A Wreath for Emmett Till (a crown of 15 sonnets), A. Using her father as a muse, Joseph, writes about grief, relief, disappointment, and shameful memories of him. Her poems reflect daily struggles such as body perception, success, jealousy in friendships, and sexuality, to name a few.Īmong other features of her body of work, Joseph’s production of 34 interrelated sonnets in My Father’s Kites that focus specifically on memories of her father and his death stands out as an example of her concentrated prolific output. With 7 total volumes of poetry, 4 written between 2000-2013, Joseph displays a high level of productivity. ![]() Few poets of her generation can proclaim that they have written as many volumes of poetry as Allison Joseph.
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