As one woman explains: "There are more beautiful things than Beyoncé": self-awareness and education, for example. Each woman in this fierce collection wants to be seen for who she is, not what society wants her to be, and each demands respect. Cultural references, old songs and classic poems spark observations about feminism, sex and desire at a time when "There's far too many of me dying./ The present is not so different." A variety of speakers make cameos, including Jesus' wife, who has been erased from history, and Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, who have traded bodies in a " Freaky Friday"-like incident. Parker, whose first book won the Gatewood Prize, is as self-assured as the women who appear in these pages, including Queen Latifah, Nikki Giovanni and Michelle Obama. There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé (Tin House) by Morgan Parker is a brash, risqué collection that explores what it means to be a black woman in contemporary American culture.
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