(Evol)ution Is Love Spelled Backwards

Monteiro, Erica

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(Evol)ution Is Love Spelled Backwards

dc.contributor.advisor	Dara Wier
dc.contributor.author	Monteiro, Erica
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.department	English
dc.date	2023-09-22T20:40:54.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T21:09:09Z
dc.date.available	2009-12-31T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued	2010-01-01
dc.date.submitted	February
dc.description.abstract	erica monteiro’s collection, (evol)ution is love spelled backwards, is book of poetry created to give readers a glimpse into the personal politics of a woman of color coming into her own. The selected pieces are written as a journey through the writer’s heart. monteiro creates a mosaic through lyrical prose that is both tangible and illusive. Some of her pieces speak to current contemporary issues as in the poem “goodnight obama”, and others deal strictly with matters of love, as in “the last hurrah”. Each poem is flavored by its own unique brand of language reminiscent of twentieth century urban lyricism. monteiro’s “text speak” and new derivations on old words allow her to style shift between poetic lines, making for a creative blend of both academic and pedestrian imagery and symbolism. (evol)ution is love spelled backwards, is a mix of monteiro’s different voices, balanced to give her readers a unique perspective of her verses.
dc.description.degree	Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/1100715
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/47289
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1492&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	English literature
dc.subject	monteiro
dc.subject	poetry
dc.subject	woman of color
dc.subject	contemporary poetry
dc.subject	hip hop culture
dc.subject	post modern
dc.subject	Arts and Humanities
dc.subject	African Americans
dc.title	(Evol)ution Is Love Spelled Backwards
dc.type	open
dc.type	article
dc.type	thesis
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digcom.date.embargo	2009-12-31T00:00:00-08:00
digcom.identifier	theses/407
digcom.identifier.contextkey	1100715
digcom.identifier.submissionpath	theses/407
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