Black Swan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822957874)

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.

Author: Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
ISBN-10: 0822957876
ISBN-13: 9780822957874
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English
Published: 11/24/2002
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 8.52h x 6.28w x 0.26d

Review Citation(s):
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2003 pg. 74 - Strongly Recommended
Black Issues Book Review 03/01/2004 pg. 27