The Belle Mar: Poems

by Katie Bickham

Katie Bickham's poems, set on a Louisiana plantation from 1811 through 2005, speak through the imagined voices of slaves, masters, mistresses, servants, and children. Focused on events that take place in a single room within the plantation home, Belle Mar, she offers an unflinching portrayal of the atrocities that form an undeniable part of Louisiana's history. The fully rounded characters she evokes allow readers to contemplate the social forces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807160490
• ISBN13: 9780807160497
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Pleiades Press
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"