Black Swan
Black Swan
LYRAE VAN CLIEF-STEFANON
Ed Ochester Editor
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2002
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4
Pages: 72
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vkfq4
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Black Swan
Book Description:

Winner of the 2001 Cave Canem PrizeSelected by Marilyn NelsonFinalist, 2003 Paterson Poetry Prize"Imagine Leda black-" begins Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon's exciting new collection of poems. Mixing vernacular language with classical mythology, modern struggles with Biblical trials, she gives voice to silenced women past and present.In Van Clief-Stefanon's powerful voice, last night's angry words "puffed / into the dark room like steam / punching through the thick surface / of cooking grits." She remembers a child's innocence "lost / in the house where I learned the red rug / against my chest, my knees / my tongue, . . . ."Black Swanis filled with pain, loss, hope, and the promise of salvation.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-7967-8
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[vi])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [vii]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.2
  3. I
    • LEDA
      LEDA (pp. 3-3)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.3
    • 199 LEE STREET
      199 LEE STREET (pp. 4-4)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.4
    • HOME: VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
      HOME: VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA (pp. 5-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.5
    • EYE
      EYE (pp. 6-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.6
    • DINAH
      DINAH (pp. 7-8)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.7
    • EIGHT
      EIGHT (pp. 9-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.8
    • PERIOD
      PERIOD (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.9
    • DAPHNE
      DAPHNE (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.10
    • ROADSIDE STAND
      ROADSIDE STAND (pp. 12-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.11
    • TAMAR’S BLUES
      TAMAR’S BLUES (pp. 15-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.12
  4. II
    • GETTING SAVED
      GETTING SAVED (pp. 19-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.13
    • DANAE
      DANAE (pp. 21-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.14
    • MAGNIFICAT
      MAGNIFICAT (pp. 23-23)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.15
    • PACKAGE
      PACKAGE (pp. 24-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.16
    • BROTHER
      BROTHER (pp. 28-28)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.17
    • EUROPA: DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
      EUROPA: DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA (pp. 29-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.18
    • THE DAUGHTER AND THE CONCUBINE FROM THE NINETEENTH CHAPTER OF JUDGES CONSIDER AND SPEAK THEIR MINDS
      THE DAUGHTER AND THE CONCUBINE FROM THE NINETEENTH CHAPTER OF JUDGES CONSIDER AND SPEAK THEIR MINDS (pp. 31-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.19
    • INCUBUS
      INCUBUS (pp. 37-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.20
    • MYTH
      MYTH (pp. 38-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.21
    • BOP: HAUNTING
      BOP: HAUNTING (pp. 41-42)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.22
  5. III
    • GROOVE
      GROOVE (pp. 45-45)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.23
    • SPRING BOP: NEW YORK, 1999
      SPRING BOP: NEW YORK, 1999 (pp. 46-46)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.24
    • HUM
      HUM (pp. 47-47)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.25
    • LONG ROAD
      LONG ROAD (pp. 48-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.26
    • BOP: A WHISTLING WOMAN
      BOP: A WHISTLING WOMAN (pp. 49-49)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.27
    • STRIP
      STRIP (pp. 50-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.28
    • BLACK SWAN
      BLACK SWAN (pp. 52-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.29
    • POSSESSION
      POSSESSION (pp. 53-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.30
    • RED WHOREHOUSE SOFA
      RED WHOREHOUSE SOFA (pp. 55-55)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.31
    • 11:11 A.M.
      11:11 A.M. (pp. 56-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.32
    • HELEN
      HELEN (pp. 57-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.33
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. 59-60)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.34
  7. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 61-61)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.35