Queen of the Ebony Isles (Wesleyan Poetry) - Softcover

McElroy, Colleen J.

9780819561015: Queen of the Ebony Isles (Wesleyan Poetry)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819561010 ISBN 13: 9780819561015

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press, 1984

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An award-winning poetry collection depicting the world of the African American woman.

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About the Author:

COLLEEN MCELROY has been a speech therapist, a talk show moderator, a poet and short story writer, and a professor of writing, literature, and women's studies. A graduate of the University of Washington (Ph.D. 1973), McElroy has received an N.E.A. fellowship and a Pushcart: Best of Small Presses award. Her previous books are: lie and Say You Love ME, Winters Without Snow, Music From Home: Selected Poems, and The Mules Done Long Since Gone. She is now professor of English at the University of Washington and lives in Seattle.

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Poems depict the experiences of the author and explore themes such as femininity, motherhood, and Black American culture.

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