The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women
A poetry collection that gives voice to enslaved women through historical research and poetic monologue. It does not settle for tragedy alone but lets resistance, solidarity, and everyday feeling resonate in each speaker's voice.
poetryslaveryBlack womenAmerican literaturehistorical poetry
Work Information
It restates historical silence through the voices of many women.
The book rewrites the lives of enslaved women as poetic monologues rather than as documentary captions. Drawing on fragmentary historical sources, it brings lost voices and bodily memory back into view.
Review Summaries
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The collection is praised for combining research-backed lyricism with the concrete emotions of enslaved women.
Book Information
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Published
- 1988-12-31
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780688083472
- ISBN-10
- 0688083471
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