{"product_id":"a-black-doe-in-the-anthropocene-poems-hardcover","title":"A Black Doe in the Anthropocene: Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArtress Bethany White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBarbara McCaskill\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Black Doe in the Anthropocene\u003c\/i\u003e confronts brutal truths unearthed by the present-day descendant of an enslaved American family--author Artress Bethany White. Following her ancestors' enslavement in 1700s Virginia and North Carolina, White weaves together data from Hairston family plantation archives and her Black Hairston mother's inherited oral slave narrative to create searing poems on a history of Scottish genes and African ancestry. In doing this sacred work, White expands the historical narrative far beyond Hairston plantation grounds to examine the lives of freed people who emigrated back to Africa to reestablish themselves in a Black nation, and to also chronicle her own life in the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvoking themes of heritage and the lives of mixed-race Hairstons, this collection outlines the hardships many emancipated people faced in the US as well as the ways Americans continue to encounter vestiges of institutional enslavement. An essential addition to ongoing conversations on race and racial (in)justice, \u003ci\u003eA Black Doe in the Anthropocene \u003c\/i\u003elays bare our intertwined inheritances and what we leave in our wake for future generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eArtress Bethany White \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, essayist, and literary critic. She is the recipient of the Trio Award for her collection \u003ci\u003eMy Afmerica: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, selected by poet Sun Yung Shin. Her prose, \u003ci\u003eSurvivor's Guilt: Essays on Race and American Identity\u003c\/i\u003e, received a Next Generation Finalist Indie Book Award. She is associate professor of English at East Stroudsburg University and coeditor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eWheatley at 250: Black Women Poets Re-imagine the Verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47895773151417,"sku":"9781985902619","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/5aS3QrkebC9781985902619.webp?v=1782841762","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/a-black-doe-in-the-anthropocene-poems-hardcover","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}