Crystal Wilkinson combines a deep love for her rural roots with a passion for language and storytelling in this compelling collection of poetry and prose about girlhood, racism, and political awakening, imbued with vivid imagery of growing up in Southern Appalachia.
The winner of a 2020 USA Artist Fellowship, she serves as associate professor of English at the University of Kentucky..
Gaines Award
Blackberries, Blackberries , winner of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature; and Water Street , a finalist for both the UK\'s Orange Prize for Fiction and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.
She is the author of The Birds of Opulence, winner of the Ernest J.
About author(s): Crystal Wilkinson is the Poet Laureate of Kentucky.
Davis.
It is a captivating conversation about life, love, loss, and pain, interwoven with striking illustrations by her long-time partner, Ronald W.
In Perfect Black , the acclaimed writer muses on such topics as motherhood, the politics of her Black body, lost fathers, mental illness, sexual abuse, and religion.
Crystal Wilkinson combines a deep love for her rural roots with a passion for language and storytelling in this compelling collection of poetry and prose about girlhood, racism, and political awakening, imbued with vivid imagery of growing up in Southern Appalachia
