Pitfalls of Prestige: Black Women and Literary Recognition - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Ohio State University PressISBN-13:9780814215753ISBN-10:814215750UPC:9780814215753Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Poetry, American, FeministBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.142Product ID:SCD4QHQD9T
Pitfalls of Prestige: Black Women and Literary Recognition
From 1987, when Rita Dove won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, to 2021, when Amanda Gorman skyrocketed to celebrity status after performing during Biden's inauguration and the Super Bowl, Black women have seemingly attained secure, stable positions at the forefront of American poetry. But this prominence comes at a price. As figures like Dove and Elizabeth Alexander have become well known,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ohio State University PressISBN-13:9780814215753ISBN-10:814215750UPC:9780814215753Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Poetry, American, FeministBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.142Product ID:SCD4QHQD9T
Laura Elizabeth Vrana is Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of South Alabama. She coedited The Collected Poems of Lorenzo Thomas and has published on contemporary Black poetics, including in anthologies such as Some Other Blues: New Perspectives on Amiri Baraka and Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era.
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