{"product_id":"the-age-of-phillis-9780819579508","title":"The Age of Phillis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems imagine the life and times of Phillis Wheatley Peters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work for Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2020 National Book Award for Poetry, Longlist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry, Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1773, a young, African American woman named Phillis Wheatley Peters published a book of poetry that challenged Western prejudices about African and female intellectual capabilities. Based on fifteen years of archival research, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Age of Phillis\u003c\/i\u003e, by award-winning writer Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, imagines the life and times of Wheatley: her childhood in the Gambia, West Africa, her life with her white American owners, her friendship with Obour Tanner, and her marriage to the enigmatic John Peters. Woven throughout are poems about Wheatley's \"age\"--the era that encompassed political, philosophical, and religious upheaval, as well as the transatlantic slave trade. For the first time in verse, Wheatley's relationship to black people and their individual \"mercies\" is foregrounded, and here we see her as not simply a racial or literary symbol, but a human being who lived and loved while making her indelible mark on history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003emothering #1\u003cbr\u003eYaay, Someplace in the Gambia, c. 1753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eafter\u003cbr\u003ethe after-birth\u003cbr\u003eis delivered\u003cbr\u003ethe mother stops\u003cbr\u003eholding her breath\u003cbr\u003ethe mid-wife gives\u003cbr\u003ewhat came before\u003cbr\u003eher just-washed pain\u003cbr\u003eher insanity pain\u003cbr\u003ean undeserved pain\u003cbr\u003ea God-given pain\u003cbr\u003eoh oh oh pain\u003cbr\u003edrum-talking pain\u003cbr\u003ewitnessing pain\u003cbr\u003eAllah\u003cbr\u003ea mother offers\u003cbr\u003eYou this gift\u003cbr\u003eprays You find\u003cbr\u003eit acceptable\u003cbr\u003eher living pain\u003cbr\u003eher creature pain\u003cbr\u003eher pretty-little-baby\u003cbr\u003epain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Honorée Fanonne Jeffers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819579508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHONORÉE FANONNE JEFFERS is a poet whose work examines culture, religion, history, and family. She is the author of four other books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eThe Glory Gets\u003c\/i\u003e, and the recipient of the 2018 Harper Lee Award for Literary Distinction, as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Witter Bynner Foundation through the Library of Congress. An elected member of the American Antiquarian Society, she teaches creative writing at the University of Oklahoma where she is a professor of English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Honor\u0026#195;\u0026#169;e Fanonne Jeffers \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47733891432605,"sku":"9780819579508","price":29.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0f8d1da2-717b-439c-a1f3-859ecc95b94f.jpg?v=1773737981","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-age-of-phillis-9780819579508","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}