Black Swan

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 11/24/2002
ISBN: 9780822957874
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 8.52h x 6.28w x 0.26d

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