M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A - Poems

In 1936, teenager MacNolia Cox became the first African American finalist in the National Spelling Bee Competition. Supposedly prevented from winning, the precocious child who dreamed of becoming a doctor was changed irrevocably. Her story, told in a poignant nonlinear narrative, illustrates the power of a pivotal moment in a life.

About the author

A. Van Jordan is the author of five collections of poetry. He has been a finalist for the Rilke Prize and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, and a Lannan Literary Award. He is the humanities and sciences chair of English literature at Stanford University and lives in Oakland, California.

Summary

"Jordan is a wizard at capturing vernacular in both conventional forms and his own invention." --Black Issues Book Review

Product details

• Authors: A van Jordan, A. Van Jordan
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2005
• EAN: 9780393327649
• ISBN: 978-0-393-32764-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 210 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 181 g
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama