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Perfect Black (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813151151)
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Crystal Wilkinson
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xCrystal Wilkinson combines a deep love for her rural roots with a passion for language and storytelling in this compelling collection of poetry and prose about girlhood, racism, and political awakening, imbued with vivid imagery of growing up in Southern Appalachia. In Perfect Black, the acclaimed writer muses on such topics as motherhood, the politics of her Black body, lost fathers, mental illness, sexual abuse, and religion. It is a captivating conversation about life, love, loss, and pain, interwoven with striking illustrations by her long-time partner, Ronald W. Davis.
Author: Crystal Wilkinson
ISBN-10: 0813151155
ISBN-13: 9780813151151
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 08/03/2021
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.79h x 5.78w x 0.55d
By Crystal Wilkinson
xCrystal Wilkinson is the Poet Laureate of Kentucky. She is the author of The Birds of Opulence, winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award; Blackberries, Blackberries, winner of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature; and Water Street, a finalist for both the UK's Orange Prize for Fiction and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. The winner of a 2020 USA Artist Fellowship, she serves as associate professor of English at the University of Kentucky.
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