Rita Dove (b. 1952) was elected Poet Laureate--the first ever African-American to hold the position--in 1993, in recognition of work that combines racially sensitive observation with searing and immed
South African writer Nkosi died in 2010 before even beginning the memoir he had long promised, so email correspondence during his final years provides valuable clues to his life and thinking. One of t
Exploring life writing from a variety of cultural contexts, Haunted Narratives provides new insights into how individuals and communities across time and space deal with traumatic experiences and haun
