The black maria : poems
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Published
Rochester, NY : BOA Editions Ltd., 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781942683025 :, 1942683022
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Ossining Public Library - Nonfiction | 811.6 G | Available |
White Plains Public Library - Nonfiction | 811.6 G | Available |
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Published
Rochester, NY : BOA Editions Ltd., 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
104 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9781942683025 :, 1942683022
Notes
Description
"Taking its name from the moon's dark plains, misidentified as seas by early astronomers, The Black Maria investigates African diasporic histories, the consequences of racism within American culture, and the question of human identity. Central to this project is a desire to recognize the lives of Eritrean refugees who have been made invisible by years of immigration crisis, refugee status, exile, and resulting statelessness. The recipient of a 2015 Whiting Award for Poetry, Girmay's newest collection elegizes and celebrates life, while wrestling with the humanistic notion of seeing beyond: seeing violence, seeing grace, and seeing each other better."to the sea"great storage house, history on which we rode, we touched the brief pulse of your fluttering pages, spelled with salt & life, your rage, your indifference your gentleness washing our feet, all of you going on whether or not we live, to you we bring our carnations yellow & pink, how they float like bright sentences atop your memory's dark hairAracelis Girmay is the author of two poetry collections, Teeth and Kingdom Animalia, which won the Isabella Gardner Award and was a finalist for the NBCC Award. The recipient of a 2015 Whiting Award, she has received grants and fellowships from the Jerome, CaveCanem, and Watson foundations, as well as Civitella Ranieri and the NEA. She currently teaches at Hampshire College's School for Interdisciplinary Arts and in Drew University's low residency MFA program. Originally from Santa Ana, California, she splits her time between New York and Amherst, Massachusetts"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Girmay, A. (2016). The black maria: poems (First edition.). BOA Editions Ltd..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Girmay, Aracelis. 2016. The Black Maria: Poems. BOA Editions Ltd.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Girmay, Aracelis. The Black Maria: Poems BOA Editions Ltd, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Girmay, Aracelis. The Black Maria: Poems First edition., BOA Editions Ltd., 2016.
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