The Age of Phillis by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The Age of Phillis

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

232 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history poetry race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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In 1773, a young, African American woman named Phillis Wheatley Peters published a book of poetry that challenged Western prejudices about African and female intellectual capabilities. Based on fifteen years of archival research, The Age of Philli...

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