Description
Fills a significant cultural gap in Gullah history. By giving voice to artists and culture makers on both sides of the colour line, uncovering buried histories, and revealing secret cross-racial connections amid official practices of Jim Crow, Kendra Hamilton sheds new light on an incomplete cultural history.
Kendra Y. Hamilton is an associate professor of English and director of Southern Studies at Presbyterian College. Her work has appeared in Callaloo, The Southern Review, Shenandoah, and in the anthologies Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry; Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry; and Shaping Memories: Reflections of 25 African American Women Writers.