Black Swan (Pitt Poetry Series)
by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
University of Pittsburgh Press (Nov 24, 2002)
Paperback, 72 pages
Poetry
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Description of Black Swan (Pitt Poetry Series) by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Winner of the 2001 Cave Canem Prize
Selected by Marilyn Nelson
Finalist, 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 Swan is filled with pain, loss, hope, and the promise of salvation.

- ISBN: 9780822957874
- Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Parent Company: University of Pittsburgh
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