Winner of the 2001 Cave Canem Prize Selected by Marilyn Nelson Finalist, 2003 Paterson Poetry Prize "Imagine Leda black—" begins Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon’s exciting new collection of poems. Mixing vernacular language with classical mythology, modern struggles with Biblical trials, she gives voice to silenced women past and present. In Van Clief-Stefanon’s powerful voice, last night’s angry words "puffed / into the dark room like steam / punching through the thick surface / of cooking grits." She remembers a child’s innocence "lost / in the house where I learned the red rug / against my chest, my knees / my tongue, . . . ." Black Swan is filled with pain, loss, hope, and the promise of salvation.
| ISBN: | 9780822957874 |
| Publication date: | 24th November 2002 |
| Author: | Lyrae Van CliefStefanon |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 72 pages |
| Series: | Pitt Poetry Series |
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Poetry by individual poets |