The Stoop And The Steeple (Paperback)

Nancy L. Meyer

ISBN 13: 9798330412617

Published by Frog on the Moon, 2024

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Paperback. Three lives, intertwined, two centuries apart. An exploration of the complexities of race and power at an intimate level.In The Stoop and the Steeple, Nancy Meyer directs an uncompromising lens at the fifteen years she spent with Mel, a Jamaican artist she met on a New York stoop, and faces the memory of Zebulon, a man her ancestors enslaved. A man who climbed a steeple and crowed. Was it for freedom? We will never know, but the mystery of this image drives the author into unexpected discoveries.Nancy and Mel married, raised a child, divorced. Zebulon ran away, was captured, and sold. Through lyric and narrative poetry, Nancy tells a personal story against the backdrop of 18th century documents and her eighth-great-grandmother's diary. The poems create a prism, each one catches a different light, expanding our vision. Of a mixed-race marriage, of the dreams that twisted into white supremacy, of the stories families tell and those they keep secret.Together with its reader guide, The Stoop and The Steeple invites deeper contemplation of idealism, rupture, pain, and love across generations and in Modern America, and a study resource for educators, social justice groups, and individuals. In The Stoop and the Steeple Nancy introduces us to Mel, a Jamaican artist she met on a New York stoop, and Zebulon, a man her ancestors enslaved in Massachusetts. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Stoop And The Steeple (Paperback)
• Publisher: Frog on the Moon
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798330412617
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Three lives, intertwined, two centuries apart. An exploration of the complexities of race and power at an intimate level.

In The Stoop and the Steeple, Nancy Meyer directs an uncompromising lens at the fifteen years she spent with Mel, a Jamaican artist she met on a New York stoop, and faces the memory of Zebulon, a man her ancestors enslaved. A man who climbed a steeple and crowed. Was it for freedom? We will never know, but the mystery of this image drives the author into unexpected discoveries.

Nancy and Mel married, raised a child, divorced. Zebulon ran away, was captured, and sold. Through lyric and narrative poetry, Nancy tells a personal story against the backdrop of 18^th century documents and her eighth-great-grandmother's diary. The poems create a prism, each one catches a different light, expanding our vision. Of a mixed-race marriage, of the dreams that twisted into white supremacy, of the stories families tell and those they keep secret.

Together with its reader guide, The Stoop and The Steeple invites deeper contemplation of idealism, rupture, pain, and love across generations and in Modern America, and a study resource for educators, social justice groups, and individuals.

About the Author

Nancy L. Meyer she/her intrepid cyclist, experiential educator, from San Francisco. Published in 9 anthologies and over 50 journals including the Colorado, Laurel, Madison, McNeese, Stone Coast and Sugar House Reviews, Feral, Museum of Americana and Tupelo Quarterly. Recipient of a Hedgebrook Residency. Nominated twice for Pushcart and Best of the Net prizes. The Stoop and The Steeple is her first full-length collection from Frog on the Moon, September 2024. www.NancyLMeyer.com