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02800aam a2200421 i 4500 001 4E73B6942E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240619010048 008 211014s2022 couc 000 p eng c 010 $a 2021050292 020 $a 1885635818 020 $a 9781885635815 035 $a (OCoLC)1281787398 040 $a CoU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d BDX $d OCLCO $d CDX $d OCLCO $d YDX $d DLC $d HDC $d STH $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3616.A7528 $b D38 2022 082 00 $a 811/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Parker-Ohene, Cynthia, $e author. 245 10 $a Daughters of Harriet : $b poems / $c Cynthia Parker-Ohene. 264 1 $a Fort Collins, Colorado : $b The Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University, $c [2022] 300 $a 66 pages : $b portraits ; $c 21 cm 490 1 $a The Mountain west poetry series 520 $a "Drawing inspiration from the life of Harriet Tubman, these poetic narratives follow a historical arc of consciousness of Black folks mislaid in potters' fields and catalogued with other misbegotten souls, now unsettled as the unknown Black denominator. Who loved them? Who turned them away? Who dismembered their souls? In death, they are the institutionalized marked Black bodies assigned to parcels, scourged beneath plastic sheets identified as a number among Harriets as black, marked bodies. These poems speak to how the warehousing of enslaved and somewhat free beings belies their humanity through past performances in reformatories, hospitals for the negro insane, and workhouses. To whom did their Black lives belong? How are Black girls socialized within the family to be out in the world? What is the beingness of Black women? How have the "Harriets"-the descended daughters of Harriet Tubman-confronted issues of caste and multiple oppressions? These poems give voice to the unspeakable, the unreachable, the multiple Black selves waiting to become"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-66). 650 0 $a African American women $v Poetry. 650 0 $a African Americans $v Poetry. 650 7 $a African American women $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799438 650 7 $a African Americans $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799558 655 2 $a Poetry $0 (DNLM)D055821 655 7 $a poetry. $2 aat $0 (CStmoGRI)aatgf300055931 655 7 $a Poetry $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423828 655 7 $a Poetry. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a PoeÌsie. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000476 776 08 $i Online version: $a Parker-Ohene, Cynthia. $t Daughters of Harriet $d Fort Collins : The Center for Literary Publishing, 2022 $z 9781885635822 $w (DLC) 2021050293 830 0 $a Mountain west poetry series 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240619011051.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4E73B6942E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search