Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, essayist, playwright, and
teacher, and the author of four books of poems for adults,
including American Sublime, one of three finalists for the 2006
Pulitzer Prize and an ALA Notable Book of the Year. She is a
professor of African American literature and culture at Yale
University. Dr. Alexander lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Marilyn Nelson is a past poet laureate of the state of
Connecticut and a three-time National Book Award finalist. She is
the author of two award-winning books for young people, Carver: A
Life in Poems and Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem. She
lives in East Haddam, Connecticut.
Floyd Cooper (1956–2021) illustrated over 110 books for
children, including Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole
Boston Weatherford, for which he was awarded
a Caldecott Honor, the Coretta Scott King
Illustrator Award, and a Sibert Honor. He was also
the recipient of the CorettaScott King Award for The
Blacker the Berry; three Coretta Scott King Honors
for I Have Heard of a Land, Meet Danitra Brown, and
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea; 10 ALA Notables; and an
NAACP Image Award, among other honors. Visit floydcooper.com.
★ "A glorious poetic celebration of the teacher and students
at a Connecticut school that defied mid-19th-century convention to
educate African-American girls." —Kirkus Reviews, starred
review
★ "The images in their poems and in Cooper's quiet, dramatic
pastel illustrations compellingly capture the haunting history."
—Booklist, starred review
"Deftly crafted, interweaving colloquial and lofty language;
reading aloud will emphasize the sonorous strength of the language,
while the individual perspectives suggest possibilities for
reader's theater." —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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