Summoning Our Saints The Poetry and Prose of Brenda Marie Osbey |
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Editor:
| Lowe, John Wharton |
Contribution by:
| Lowe, John Wharton Cartwright, Keith Davenport, Doris Davis, Thadious Flores-Silva, Dolores Nielsen, Aldon Lynn Pereira, Malin Pinson, Hermine Benton Rushing, Andrea Cross Turner, Daniel Watts, Tracy |
ISBN: | 978-1-4985-8159-2 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2019 |
Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $111.00 |
Book Description:
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This book celebrates and illuminates the poetry and prose of Brenda Marie Osbey. Featuring chapters by distinguished critics of African American poetry and prose, it places particular emphasis on the role of New Orleans, sexuality, gender, madness, death, and remembrance in her oeuvre, and on Osbey's eloquent revision of hemispheric history.
This book celebrates and illuminates the poetry and prose of Brenda Marie Osbey. Featuring chapters by distinguished critics of African American poetry and prose, it places particular emphasis on the role of New Orleans, sexuality, gender, madness, death, and remembrance in her oeuvre, and on Osbey's eloquent revision of hemispheric history.