| #139472 in Books | 2002-04-01 | 2002-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 226.82 x.20 x6.55l,.22 | File type: PDF | 48 pages||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Brief but Beautiful Book of Poems|By G. Messersmith|As has already been stated this book of poems is based off of photographs of light skinned African American women working as prostitutes in New Orleans around 1912. These photographs were taken by a man named Bellocq. Each poem connects to the same woman, Ophelia, and tells a story. Although each poem could stand alone they|From Publishers Weekly|Following up her debut, Domestic Work (2000), which included a number of historical monologues, Tretheway's short sophomore effort is a quiet collection of poems in the persona of a "very white-skinned black woman mulatto, quadroon, or oct
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In the early 1900s, E.J. Bellocq photographed prostitutes in the red-light district of New Orleans. His remarkable, candid photos inspired Natasha Trethewey to imagine the life of Ophelia, the subject of Bellocq's Ophelia, her stunning second collection of poems. With elegant precision, Ophelia tells of her life on display: her white father whose approval she earns by standing ve...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Bellocq's Ophelia: Poems | Natasha Trethewey. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
