Essential Poems by Pat Parker Individual Artists to Berdis encouraging James to

to Berdis encouraging James to express himself through writing

With Taylor's help

A taste of the wild

When she was twenty-six and broke

Essential Poems by Pat Parker Individual Artists to Berdis encouraging James toRenowned African American, lesbian feminist poet and performer Pat Parker wrote five collections of poetry during her lifetime, Jonestown & Other Madness, Movement in Black, Womanslaughter, Pit Stop, and Child of Myself. Parker's poems appeared in numerous journals, newspapers, and anthologies, and are collected in The Complete Works of Pat Parker. Known for her electric performances of her poems, including on the album Where Would I Be Without You