Miriam D. Dufer Releases Sophomore Book of Poetry: "Stage Left"

PRLog (Press Release) - May 30, 2007 -
Author, Miriam D. Dufer, releases sophomore book of poetry entitled Stage Left. Divided into the 3 sections, Prelude, Interlude, and Coda, Stage Left is an amalgamation of rhythm, music, dance, and universal themes of race, coming of age, and philopsophy.
With poems such as Lady in Waiting that expresses a woman's frustration of waiting for Mr. Right, Dufer lamets

"I’ve grown roses in my eyes
To see Adonis, flawless, statuesque
Perched upon the highest hill yet
I Feel disappointment when
I met him
In human form".

Stage Left (ISBN: 978-0-6151-4796-3) is 74 pages of non-stop, gripping poetry.

Stage Left imbues elements of ballet and music as inspiration, content, and form to explore the rhythms in words and symbolism. Like the illusion of flight in ballet, Stage Left defies the gravitational pull of intensely solemn themes of intolerance, racial identity, miscegenation, and coming of age while working in the constraints of human perception. This is Miriam D. Dufer's second book of poetry. Coming soon to all major bookstores!

Miriam Dufer was born and raised in Alabama, where she graduated from Gordo High School. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of Alabama with a degree in English and a minor in Creative Writing in 1998. She graduated from California State University Dominguez Hills in 2005 with an M.A. in Humanities with a concentration in Literature. She is now working toward her English PhD at Old Dominion University.
She currently lives in Seoul, South Korea and is working on her first novel.

Also by Miriam D. Dufer:

Ask your bookseller for those you’ve missed

The Image and Identity of the Black Woman in the Poetry and Prose of Toi Derricotte (ISBN: 9780542039089). The settling of America brought with it not only a new nation and the promise of freedom, but also a conglomeration of people with vast differences. One of the most volatile differences was skin color, which was the catalyst for discrimination, manipulative legislation, stereotypes, and identity politics. This thesis examines the identity politics in Derricotte's work and the proclivity to use stereotypes in America, by both blacks and whites. Quantitative analysis, in the form of an Internet-based survey, assesses perceptions and stereotypes of black women. The assessment reveals that conditioned negative thought remains today and, as suspected, is also held by blacks. Qualitative analysis, in the form of critical analysis of literature, examines Derricotte's work. The qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques are used collectively to validate my argument that the system of racial ascription in America compels individuals to  declare arbitrary categories based on phenotypical attributes that define race inaccurately.

Confessions and Other Strange Impulses: A Book of Poetry in Two Acts (ISBN: 978-1-84728-354-2). Miriam Dufer's first book of poetry. Exploring the sacrament of penance and the dichotomy between raw emotion and reality, her poems illustrate the inner turmoil inherent in human nature.

For more information, visit the author's website at www.mdufer.com.
MEDIA CONTACT: Miriam D. Dufer, 011-822-796-4639

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