Crystal Wilkinson, Nikky Finney, Ronald W. Davis

Perfect Black

Illustrator: Davis, Ronald W

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Acclaimed author Crystal Wilkinsonà â â s country roots and passion for language combine in this collection of lyrics and prose about Blackness, racism, and political awareness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 134mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 162g
• ISBN-13: 9780813151168
• ISBN-10: 0813151163
• Artikelnr.: 61266895

Autorenporträt

Crystal Wilkinson is the author of The Birds of Opulence (winner of the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence), Blackberries, Blackberries (winner of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature), and Water Street (finalist for both the UK's Orange Prize for Fiction and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award). The winner of the 2008 Denny Plattner Award in Poetry from Appalachian Heritage magazine and the Sallie Bingham Award from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, she has received recognition from the Yaddo Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center for the Arts, the Kentucky Arts Council, and the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts. She was named a 2020 USA Fellow by United States Artists and teaches at the University of Kentucky, where she is Associate Professor of English in the MFA in Creative Writing Program.