LYRAE VAN CLIEF-STEFANON
Ed Ochester Editor
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2002
Published
by: University of Pittsburgh Press
Pages: 72
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vkfq4
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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Front Matter Front Matter (pp. [i]-[vi])https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.1 -
Table of Contents Table of Contents (pp. [vii]-[viii])https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.2 -
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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
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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
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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
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. 59-60)https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.34 -
Back Matter Back Matter (pp. 61-61)https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfq4.35