Homeplace: Poems - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807116418ISBN-10:807116416UPC:9780807116418Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanAward:1991 National Book Awards Nominee - Poetry AwardSize:8.93 x 5.50 x 0.22 inchesWeight:0.2712Product ID:SC3C48ZWKX
Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award
In The Homeplace, the stories of a family become the history of a people as Marilyn Nelson Waniek sketches the lives descended from her great-great-grandmother Diverne. The poet's mother, Johnnie Mitchell Nelson, inspired this volume when she bequeathed to Waniek from her deathbed the tales that had shaped her life. The first section of the book presents...Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807116418ISBN-10:807116416UPC:9780807116418Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanAward:1991 National Book Awards Nominee - Poetry AwardSize:8.93 x 5.50 x 0.22 inchesWeight:0.2712Product ID:SC3C48ZWKX
Marilyn Nelson Waniek is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and former Poet Laureate of the State of Connecticut. She is the author of eight books of poetry, including For the Body, Mama's Promises, and The Fields of Praise, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Poet's Prize.
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🏆 1991 National Book Awards Nominee - Poetry Award
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