Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees
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Title
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Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees
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This edition
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"Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees". Ed. DuEwa Frazier. Brooklyn, NY: LitNoire Publishing, 2006. 223 pp.
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Other editions, reprints, and translations
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"Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees". Ed. DuEwa Frazier. 2nd ed. Brooklyn, NY: LitNoire Publishing, 2012.
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"Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees". Ed. DuEwa Frazier. 3rd ed., revised. Brooklyn, NY: LitNoire Publishing, 2013.
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"Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees". Ed. DuEwa Frazier. 5th ed. Brooklyn, NY: LitNoire Publishing, 2016.
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Table of contents
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● DuEwa Frazier / Introduction
● Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 -- About Hair
● Naa Norley Adom / Plaits
● Letitia D. Ford / Rooted
● Pat McLean-RaShine / Her Hairstory
Chapter 2 -- Black History
● Tiffany Woods Bennett / The Soul of a Woman
● Amani Francis / Celebrating Us!
Chapter 3 -- Body & Soul
● Naa Norley Adom / Body Series Part 3
● Aya de Leon / Cellulite
● Shamarra Garmon / Touching Intangibles
● Solimar Otero / Maroya
● Jamila Z. Wade / Sista Danca
Chapter 4 -- Family
● Rachelle Arlin Credo / Filipinos and Birds
● Silvia Gonzalez S. / Told Her
● Alicia Benjamin-Samuels / Nuyorican Dreams
● Stacey Tolbert / Growing Up Is Not an Option
● Ella Turenne / Mirrors
● Lorene Delany-Ullman / Painted Sky Against Another Sky
● Donna Weaver / Beach Furniture
● Treasure Williams / East St. Louis
Chapter 5 -- For All the Women
● Natasha Ria El-Scari / Gimme a Break
● Hadiyah Nicole Green / The Mother
● Thailan Nguyen / She's Sleeping
● Jamie Walker / When He Demands All My Poems Be Written to Liberate Black America
Chapter 6 -- Growing Up in the 'Hood
● Sharon Bridgforth / Street/Angels
● Patty Dukes / No Where But Here
● Mikaylah Simone / Birds
● Leah Suzensky / Common Knowledge
Chapter 7 -- Haiku
● Cheryl Durgans / Cityscape Haiku
● Jamila Z. Wade / Praise Haiku
Chapter 8 -- Identity and the Mirror of Self
● Grisel Acosta / Pressure Mix
● Lisa Ann Bailey / Innocence
● Sharon Bridgforth / Clarity
● Ellen Hagan / That Girl
● Maria D. Laso / Petals of Danger
● Keisha J. Moore / Masquerade
● Kimberly S. Morris / Musing
● Thailan Nguyen / My Temple in the City
● Leah Suzensky / Ms. Dandelion
● Donna Weaver / The Twinbrook Tiger
Chapter 9 -- I Dream of Hip Hop
● Veronica Precious Bohanan / Middle Passage
● Aya de Leon / Built to Last
● LaTisha N. Nevada Diggs / Flashing Tribute
● DuEwa M. Frazier / Fantastic Femme Poetic Hip Hop Anthem
● Deborah D. Grison / Birth Name
● Tamara Madison / Thuglucious
● Karen Gibson Roc / Mr. Hip Hop
Chapter 10 -- Jazz Journey
● Bobbi Dykema Katsanis / My Father Was a Catholic Jazz Musician
● Pat McLean-RaShine / Just Jazz
● Karen Gibson Roc / Blackberry Molasses
Chapter 11 -- Longing & Memories of Love
● Crystal D. Baker / Simply You
● Zetta Elliot / Wish
● Zetta Elliot / Untitled
● Alicia Benjamin-Samuels / Dancin at the Printz Grille
● Queen Sheba / Haiku for the Rev-(s)-olution
Chapter 12 -- Performing Poetry & Praising Poets
● Deborah D. Grison / Bread & Wine
● Tamara Madison / Slam Jam!
● Kimmika L. H. Williams-Witherspoon / Praise Song for Sonia
● Kimmika L. H. Williams-Witherspoon / We Be
Chapter 13 -- Reflections on Crisis in the Motherland
● Teri Ellen Cross / Drought
● Debra A. Powell-Wright / Southwest Township
Chapter 14 -- Reflections on Home
● Rachelle Arlin Credo / On a Moonlit Night
● Betty Dobson / Restoration Piece
● Aimee Suzara / If Home Were a Song
● Stacey Tolbert / Dishes
Chapter 15 -- State of Our Society
● Nivedita Gunturi / Heroes
● Mocha Sistah / Miseducation of a New Generation
● Mikaylah Simone / America
Chapter 16 -- The Waters We've Crossed
● Tiffany Woods Bennett / The Sun Shall Rise Again
● DuEwa M. Frazier / Nightmare
Chapter 17 -- To New Orleans, With Love
● LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs / Laveau's Sojourn
● Bobbi Dykema Katsanis / Missing
● Solimar Otero / Ode to New Orleans
Chapter 18 -- Violence Will Never Silence Us
● Teri Ellen Cross / Understood
● Niama Williams / Banned
● Contributors' Biographies
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About the anthology
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● The third edition (2013) is described as "revised" but the table of contents is identical with the first edition (2006), although it has been reset and the pagination is different (and some of the names have been slightly altered: e.g., DuEwa M. Frazier now appears simply as DuEwa Frazier (as her name appeared all along in her role as editor). Presumably, there may also be changes (corrections of errata? revisions?) in the texts of the poems.
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● The fifth edition (2016) also has the same contents as the first edition, though one of the contributors has had a name change (Treasure Williams is now Treasure Shields Redmond).
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Publisher's description
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● "Nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work Poetry, Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees is a cross-generational volume of poetry, featuring the work of 50 thought provoking and inspirational women writers, lyricists and spoken word artists from diverse cultures and backgrounds. Check the Rhyme features eighteen chapters, revealing poetry that is a representation of both emerging and established poets who write on a variety of themes including: beauty and self esteem; empowerment for youth; hip hop culture; love relationships; the memory and meaning of home; the state of our society; Hurricane Katrina s impact; artistic and political contributions of legendary artists; healing from violence; family and motherhood; jazz music; and spirituality. The pages of Check the Rhyme are filled with insights, experiences and challenges of women who walk the warrior path, intending to shape the world with the passion that fuels their dreams."
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Item Number
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A0616
