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Why Am I
By NATHANIEL SCOTT
S.ff Writ.,
DETROIT-We peak about the
magic of poetry and about the
my tery of the p t. We hang upon
ttl word of tory tellers concep­
t�lizing life a they understand it;
preceive it; wi h it to be. We tly the
carpet ride of di turbanc through
t voice; and if and when a person
become a poet, a voice he or she
must have. that rat-tat-tats the logi­
cal. the ill-logical and all th broad-
ides of truth.
: Why Am I So Brown explores th 0
rOugh. the oft. the tend rand th
�ffled ides of the poet. Trinidad
nchez, Jr.
El Chic no Sanchez; mi
herernano de el mundo. Quien es.
Ouien es. Quien e el canto grande.
: Why Am I So Brown is Sanchez's
ftfth volurn of poetry. It explore
many of the myths one experience
when pigmentation of the skin be­
comes a di traction. And it peaks
about the injustices of a nation that
s�ems to have gone mad with a desire
t self de truct.
.
: IN THE TITL P em, Why Am
'/ So Brown? Sanchez write: "God
made you brown. mija.rand wan
you to understand ... brown/is not a
color .. .it is:/a state of being, a very
human texture/alive and full of ong.
celebrating-i-rdanclng to the new
world/which is for everyone ... "
. The new world i Sanchez'
vision; his way of denouncing
hypocrisy. Hi way of aying look,
li ten, there are stories within torie .
Sanchez' poetry is both simple
and complex. It peaks truth as only
one who has gone through the rigors
of an unjust ociety can expre it.
He use two languages, English
and Spanish to weave the themes of
the book, ethnicity, loyalty to riend
and his Hispanic heritage, and th
empowerment of word that attack
politically.
His voice ings the barrio and the
ghetto sound of indignatioon with
the rhythm and the music of a con­
trolled pen.
HE WRlTFS IN "Stop Abor­
tions", "Yes, we must top abor­
tions/l thought to .my elLto allow
the e babie to grow up/to be the
o
rown:
The rough, the soft, the tender
head. an ljunki o� 01 our �OCI °ty!/to
allow tncs 0 babies to ha • babic lin
order f r them l<, n \ up/rnarinat-
__ - TRINIDAD SANCHEZ, JR
in J in ur Ii ing c mctcric /(th Jail
pri n) at over apacity!"
Th music of San hez's poetry
fl w the magi of po try he il­
lu tr at ie in "Stand Still My
Friend-Li ten To The Song" when
he write, "lucky me/the ta k/to
write/a p em/with ut a kit/about
Kit/ r Kit/al woman/who e life/i a
p 'm ... "
To read Sanchez i to look at life
in the raw; to com fa e to face with
the reality that we. not they,
\' h mev r they arc, are rc ponsi Ie
f r what we've allowed our' ciety
to bee me.
"In Let U' Stop Thi Madness I •
the poem San hez ays i hi " igna­
turc p em." he paints thi graphic
pi ture with ive line .
"Let u: Il P I aching/thc
hildrcn/that the hull I from th
gun lare th nly wa Ito deal with
life."
Why Am / So Brown? ISBN 1-
77 ,6-03-7 ( R i. a m t r r th
p t, the wanna he p r, and all wh
labor omewher b tw en the two.
Word Makers or Sanchez'
poem: "Again-Again! Again."
WORD MAKERS
Edited by NATHANIEL SCOTT
Homecoming for works
of G.lan on Dowdell
Homecoming, an exhibition
featuring the works of Glanton Dow­
dell, a native Detroiter who went into
exile in 1968, and still resides in
Stockholm .
A retrospective view of his life
experiences, described by rum as
"organic, spontaneous, and chaotic, "
is represented in oils and other
media.
Glanton, who' confesses that two
contrapuntal themes run through his
life, "confusion" and "embarrass­
ment," has managed to convey per­
serverance .in the .seventeen
masterworks shown at Arts Ex­
tended Gallery.
Hanging, The Family, The
Couple, The Prisoner, Veteran and
Alter Ego are pieces which ex­
emplify Glanton's philosophies,
ideologies and talent.
His fine artistry was encouraged
by Leroy Foster, "the most able
painter I've ever known."
Foster's inspiration lead, the
young Glanton to study at Arts &
Crafts and the Chicago Arts Institute.
He has been able to translate IDs
creativity into a new life of teaching,
painting and writing. Glanton still
has a message to send.
TAn _ ope ni ng reception is
scheduled for Saturday, November
23, 1991 at Arts Extended Gallery.
The gallery is located at 1553 Wood­
ward in Suite 212 of the David Whit­
ney Building. The reception is from
4 to 6 p.m., and the works will be on
exhibit through December.
Call 961-5036 for information.
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AGAIN-AGAIN/AGAIN
I hear the echoe
ound f jazz-
blowin through Detroit
for hildren who voice
will never- ver play again.
Li ten to the echoe 0
ound of moth rs/fatbers
om wh re in the wind
cryi ng/wc pi ng for the
children
I hear them
agai n-agai n/agai n.
10m listening for the echo
of thi year coming to an end.
th warm autumn wind i
leaving me
with thoughts of new Spring
and the res urrection
again-again/again.
- Trinidad anchez Jr.
- Why Am I 0 Brown?
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Highland Park, MI 48203.
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