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Poet, Honorée Jeffers

Presented by University of Notre Dame Creative Writing Program at University of Notre Dame, North Dining Hall

January 23, 2008

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Poet, Honorée Jeffers reads selections from her work.
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers burst onto the American poetry scene with her first collection, "The Gospel of Barbecue" (2000), a vivid evocation of Southern Black folk culture and cuisine. Eminent poet Lucille Clifton selected the book for the Wick Poetry Prize in 1999.
Jeffers third book of poetry, "Red Clay Suite," is an exploration of her family origins: the dark-skinned Georgia sharecroppers of her mother's family, and the light-skinned, educated bourgeoisie of her father's. She also addresses the complex and painful relationship she had with her late father, noted Black Arts Movement poet and blues pianist Lance Jeffers, who sexually abused her.
In 2002, Jeffers received the Julia Peterkin Award for Poetry. Her poetry has been published in the anthologies "At Our Core: Women Writing About Power," "Dark Eros," and "Identity Lessons." Her work has also appeared in "Callaloo," "The Kenyon Review," and "Prairie Schooner." She currently teaches English at the University of Oklahoma.

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    University of Notre Dame, North Dining Hall

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    Notre Dame, IN 46556

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    January 23, 2008

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