The Poetry of Williams (Sherley Anne) (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Sherley Anne Williams
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Maturation or coming of age, 1960’s, Children, Mothers, Parents and children, South or Southerners, Music or musicians, Autobiography, Reality, Single parents or single-parent families, Women, Jazz music, Folk music or folk songs, Masks
Sherley Anne Williams, whose reputation as a writer has been fortified by her novel Dessa Rose (1986), is an accomplished poet. Developing a poetics of blues drawn from the African American cultural tradition, Williams has turned her experience of life’s hardships and her struggles into an aesthetic triumph in The Peacock Poems, which was nominated for the National Book Award in Poetry for 1976, and Some One Sweet Angel Chile. Sophisticated in structural design and original in thematic exploration, Williams’ poetry has added new dimensions and fresh perspectives...
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