Wicked Enchantment

ONE OF THE YEARS BESTThe New York Times and Washington Post A voice for justice, anti-racism, and equalityhere is the greatest and most powerful work of the peoples poet, Wanda Coleman. Coleman was a beat-up, broke, and Black woman who wrote with anger, humor, and clarity. Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems is a selection of 130 of her poems, edited and introduced by Terrance Hayes. Rejected by the elites during her lifetime, heres what people are saying now: One of the years best! These poems are wildly fun and inventive . . . and frequently hilarious; they seem to cover every human experience and emotion.New York Times Winner, California Independent Bookseller Alliance Golden Poppy Book Award 2020 Required Reading Bustle One of the greatest poets ever to come out of L.A. The New Yorker One of the years best! Fantastically entertaining and deeply engaging...potent distillations of creative rage, social critique, and subversive wit.Washington Post Her work pushes us to confront injustice with as much candor as she did.Poetry A self-made writer from Black Los Angeles, Wanda Coleman made art while living every day with racism, poverty, violence. Her triumph is in words that endure. Its time for Colemans courageous, impassioned, inspiring, one-of-a-kind voice to reach readers everywhere.