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Acclaimed author Crystal Wilkinson’s country roots and passion for language combine in this collection of lyrics and prose about Blackness, racism, and political awareness.

Table of Contents
Foreword Section 1 Terrain Baptism (Flatwoods, Kentucky 1972) Cousin Rapunzel Redux Asking about My Mother The Water Witch on Salvation The Water Witch on Invasion The Water Witch on Reading O Tobacco The Visit Dig if You Will the Picture Slow Dance The Creek Section 2 My Father Was a City Beyond the White Canvas August 9, 1974 Wet Nurse The Bath Dropsy Death March Dear Johnny P: Dreams & Reality Bones Ole Fashioned Black Farmer Press Dirge My Black Body On Being Country Section 3 Bloodroot Kitchen Ghosts Snow Falls Like a Scorned Woman's Tears Black & Fat & Perfect Witness Coming of Age Dance How to Make a Smile Becoming Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts Motherland Winter Notes & Acknowledgements

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    A Paperback / softback by Crystal Wilkinson, Nikky Finney, Ronald W. Davis

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      Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
      Publication Date: 03/08/2021
      ISBN13: 9780813151168, 978-0813151168
      ISBN10: 0813151163
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Acclaimed author Crystal Wilkinson’s country roots and passion for language combine in this collection of lyrics and prose about Blackness, racism, and political awareness.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword Section 1 Terrain Baptism (Flatwoods, Kentucky 1972) Cousin Rapunzel Redux Asking about My Mother The Water Witch on Salvation The Water Witch on Invasion The Water Witch on Reading O Tobacco The Visit Dig if You Will the Picture Slow Dance The Creek Section 2 My Father Was a City Beyond the White Canvas August 9, 1974 Wet Nurse The Bath Dropsy Death March Dear Johnny P: Dreams & Reality Bones Ole Fashioned Black Farmer Press Dirge My Black Body On Being Country Section 3 Bloodroot Kitchen Ghosts Snow Falls Like a Scorned Woman's Tears Black & Fat & Perfect Witness Coming of Age Dance How to Make a Smile Becoming Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts Motherland Winter Notes & Acknowledgements

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