Heav'nly Tidings from the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley: Poet Laureate of the American Revolution by Richard Kigel

Heav'nly Tidings from the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley: Poet Laureate of the American Revolution

Richard Kigel

594 pages • first pub 2017 (view editions)

history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Foreword by Nikki Giovanni She survived the horrific Middle Passage as a child and was purchased as a slave in 1761. By the time she turned twenty Phillis Wheatley became the most famous person of African descent in the world. In a culture domina...

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