| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
114 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1892-1930. Leap-year baby ; First duckling ; Fifth duckling ; Birth order ; The figure of a frog ; Wildfire ; Fingers remember ; No clay ; Strut, Miss Savage ; Making ; Hot dog ; Halo ; Forgive me, baby ; The Du Bois commission ; Harlem, Africa ; Marcus Garvey sits for a bust ; Negress denied entry ; Hitting bottom ; Gallery opening ; The Rome fellowship ; Gamin -- 1931-1940. Parlaying le français ; Studio ; Bust of Aleksandr Pushkin ; Hot pursuit ; Leonore ; Boy with rabbit ; Harlem community art center ; The harp ; Opening of the Salon of Contemporary Negro Arts ; Ralization ; Bust of James Weldon Johnson ; Head of John Henry ; Up down up ; After the glory ; Salon -- 1941-1962. The pugilist ; The return of the genius author ; Head of Minerva ; No forwarding address ; Bust of Steven "Barry" Baran ; Chicken-foot soup ; Girl with braids ; Final commission ; Juneteenth barbecue ; I don't know ; Crows ; Bird feeder ; Awake ; A gift to be ; Bas relief of a female dancer -- Afterword. |
| Summary |
"A powerful biography in poems about Augusta Savage, the trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance-with an afterword by the curator of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture"-- Provided by publisher |
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Augusta Savage was arguable the most influential American artist of the 1930s. A gifted sculptor, she flourished during the Harlem Renaissance and became a teacher to an entire generation of African American artists. Nelson's poems are paired with photographs of Savage's work, and photographs from her life. The result is an important portrait of an exceptional artist who, despite the limitations she faced, was compelled to forge a life through art and creativity. -- adapted from jacket and perusal of book |
| Audience |
Ages 12-18. CLCD Enterprise. |
| Awards |
Horn Book Fanfare List, 2023. |
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School Library Journal Best Books, 2022. |
| Subject |
Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962 -- Poetry.
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Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962. |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Subject |
Sculptors -- United States -- Poetry.
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Sculptors. |
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United States. |
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African American sculptors -- Poetry.
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African American sculptors. |
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African American women artists -- Poetry.
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African American women artists. |
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Harlem Renaissance.
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Harlem Renaissance. |
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Biographical poetry. |
| Genre/Form |
Pattern poetry.
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Lawson, Tammi, writer of afterword.
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| ISBN |
9780316298025 (hardcover) |
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0316298026 (hardcover) |
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9780316298223 (electronic book) |
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