Crystal Williams

Troubled Tongues Crystal Williams 1st edition

In each of the three sections of this book is a prose poem meant to be read aloud in which a character, interacting with other characters, is named for a quality. They are Beauty, Happiness, and Patience. The author is strong on parables: Parable of Divas, Parable of the Chicken Wing, Parable of Ancestors, Parable of Kings & Queens, and Sugar, or Parable on Liberals. We find the characters in this book in beauty salons, in a tornado, on a porch, and in various locations where discuss and interact with one. another. The author s style is interestingly unique. Troubled Tongues was the winner of the 2006 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award.