Suck on the marrow
Book - 2010
"'Suck on the marrow' is a historical narrative, revolving around six main characters and set in mid-19th century Virginia and Philadelphia. The book traces the experiences of fugitive slaves, kidnapped Northern-born Blacks, and free people of color, exploring the interdependence between plantation life and life in Northern and Southern American towns and illuminating the connections between the successes and difficulties of a wide range of Americans, free and slave, Black and white, Northern and Southern. This neo-slave narrative treats the truths of lives touched by slavery with reverence but is not afraid to question the ways the old stories have too often been told. In addition to creating new stories, 'Suck on the m...arrow' develops new ways of telling those tales."--
- Subjects
- Genres
- Poetry
poetry
Poésie - Published
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Los Angeles, CA :
Red Hen Press
[2010]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Item Description
- Later printings with place of publication: Pasadena, CA.
- Physical Description
- 84 pages ; 24 cm
- Awards
- "American Book Award winner"--Cover
- ISBN
- 9781597094689
- Jackson farm, Virginia, 1831-1848 : Joseph Freeman
- Jackson farm, Virginia, 1848-1850 : Molly & Shad
- The Jennings house & Madame Jane's, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1842 : Rebecca & Dinah
- Thee Freeman house, Philadelphia, 1831-1844 : Melinda Freeman
- 'Tis of thee, sweet land : (a poem of found text)
- Primer, or, A history of these United States (abridged).