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Free Papers: inspired by the testimony of Eliza Winston, a Mississippi slave freed in Minnesota in 1860

Name: Free Papers: inspired by the testimony of Eliza Winston, a Mississippi slave freed in Minnesota in 1860
Brand: Finishing Line Press
SKU: 9781646624409
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Contributors:

Mary Moore Easter

Publisher:

Finishing Line Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Poetry, History

Book Subcategory:

American, Women Authors, United States

Book Topic:

African American & Black, Civil War Period (1850-1877)

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Release Date:

2/19/2021

ISBN 13:

9781646624409

Weight:

0.15 lbs

Size:

8.50 x 5.50 x 0.11 inches

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Free Papers: poems. In this poem sequence Eliza, the enslaved, speaks to the poet Mary Moore Easter who answers her in the voices of her own ancestors, grandmothers and great-grandmothers, captives of the slave period. And often responses come from contemporary women. Sometimes the poet seems to channel Eliza's voice in love song or defiance. Easter was inspired by Eliza's archival court testimony to flesh out a whole woman and her fears, courage and determination to be free. This impassioned work does not only interrogate the past, but also leaps forward to offer a model for women of today. Mary Moore Easter, a Cave Canem Fellow, is a strong and flexible writer. She brings her tremendous powers of vision and of poetic technique to this book incorporating forms such as narrative, lyrical free verse, sonnet, pantoum, and dramatic dialogue.

About the Author
Easter, Mary Moore: - Mary Moore Easter is the author of The Body of the World (Minnesota Book Award in Poetry Finalist, 2019); Walking from Origins; From the Flutes of Our Bones (fall 2020), and Free Papers. A Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, Cave Canem Fellow, veteran dancer /choreographer, and emerita professor of dance at Carleton College, Easter is the mother of two daughters and four grandchildren.

Free Papers: inspired by the testimony of Eliza Winston, a Mississippi slave freed in Minnesota in 1860

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