Margaret (circa 1834-1858)
By Nagueyalti Warren
Paper - 9780979750908
Price: $18.00t
Published 2008
Size: 5.5 x 8.5, Pages: 78
Subjects: Africana Studies: Literature and Poetry, Fiction and Poetry
Publisher: Lotus Press
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Description
The true story of Margaret Garner, a slave who murdered her young daughter to spare her the brutality and indignity of growing up in bondage, has been told in fiction and an 1867 painting. In this book Margaret Garner is brought back to life in poetry through the clever blending of imagination and the subject’s own words. This interpretation of her experiences between about 1834 and 1858 adds an important new layer to the understanding of slavery.
The poems are preceded by the editor’s foreword which summarizes the story of Margaret and her family. The book itself is written in a diary fashion, each poem paired with a description and a date, which are italicized in placed in the upper right hand corner of the page. Margaret won the 2008 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award.
The poems are preceded by the editor’s foreword which summarizes the story of Margaret and her family. The book itself is written in a diary fashion, each poem paired with a description and a date, which are italicized in placed in the upper right hand corner of the page. Margaret won the 2008 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award.
Published by Lotus Press
Author(s)
Nagueyalti Warren grew up in Los Angeles, CA. She received her B.A. from Fisk University, M.A. degrees from Simmons College and Boston University, an MFA from Goddard College, and her Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi. For seventeen years Dr. Warren worked as an assistant dean and later as associate dean of Emory College at Emory University. She is currently Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of African American Studies at Emory University.