Bøger af Katie Bickham

Katie Bickham's poems, set on a Louisiana plantation from 1811 to 2005, speak through the imagined voices of slaves, masters, mistresses, servants, and children. Focused on events that take place in a single room within the plantation home, she offers an unflinching portrayal of the atrocities that form an undeniable part of Louisiana's history.

Katie Bickham's dazzling collection resounds with the intensity of new motherhood and confronts the relationship between mothers and their children, as she explores what it means to carry a child. Moving from the mid-1800s to 2017, these finely wrought poems grapple with how war, violence, and enslavement can disrupt our innocence.