The Age of Phillis

by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Book Overview

Poems imagine the life and times of Phillis Wheatley Peters

NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work for Poetry
2020 National Book Award for Poetry, Longlist
2020 LA Times Book Award Finalist

In 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819579505
• ISBN13: 9780819579508
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"