Brassbones & Rainbows, The Collected Works of Shirley Bradley LeFlore

BRASSBONES & RAINBOWS is the debut collection of Shirley Bradley LeFlore, an oral poet and performance artist from St. Louis, Missouri who has been on the literary scene for over five decades. While LeFlore tackles social, political and cultural issues, with a profound love for humanity, she also provides insight into self-identity inner-strength, beauty and faith. A literary griot, LeFlore shares the fabric of verse through jazz, blues and gospel music. Blending realism with lyricism that is interspersed with humor, these short and accessible verses flow in an easy going, smooth and soothing Southern American dialect mixed with African American Vernacular English -- its intensity changing form poem to poem -- with word serving as musical notes. BRASSBONES & RAINBOWS is a stunning testament to Shirley Bradley LeFlore, a story singer whose words will certainly roll off your tongue. Foreword by Amina Baraka; Introduction by Gabrielle David; Cover Art by Frank Frazier.