Synopsis
About Natasha Trethewey
See more books from this AuthorNational Poetry Month reviewers wanting to take stock of recent poetry by African-American women might place this book alongside Harryette Mullen's Sleeping with the Dictionary (Forecasts, Dec. 17, 2001) and Elizabeth Alexander's Antebellum Dream Book (published last year).
| Read Full Review of Bellocq's Ophelia: PoemsFaced with no job opportunities (“No one needs a girl,” she hears repeatedly) and possible homelessness, she is taken in by Countess P (Lisa Gabourel), a kindly madam running an upscale brothel that features “black women in white skin.” Ophelia writes home, shares what stories she can about her ...
Feb 18 2012 | Read Full Review of Bellocq's Ophelia: PoemsAn aggregated and normalized score based on 5 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes