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(0)Thylias Moss
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"In a cascade of language--ordinary speech, preaching, song, banter, erudition--motherlove, paternal protection, saintliness, the healing impulse, all spiral into regions of horror and grotesque inconsistencies with consequences as contemporary as headlines ... and as eternal as folklore, myth, and religion."--Jacket.
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A Brilliant Narrative in Verse, Slave Moth follows Varl, a slave girl on the Perry Plantation in Tennessee, on her path to freedom. Varl has learned to read and write and is wildly creative, wise beyond her years, and full of love: for her Mamalee (who educates runaway slaves); for her friends, especially the handsome Dob; and for the cotton fields she has explored throughout her childhood. More than anything, Varl loves words and the freedom they...