Patient.

by Bettina Judd

Overview

“ J. Marion Sims, the legendary, now controversial, 19th century gynecologist looms large in Bettina Judd’s recent collection Patient. Sophisticated, complex, haunting, Patient. beckons readers to remember, to feel, to think deeply, to discover, to probe. Slavery’s stench, the bodies of Black women, death, scientific racism, memory-these themes link the poems in extraordinary ways. Judd is a masterful new poet. Patient. is unforgettable!!” -Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625579232
Publisher:	Black Lawrence Press
Publication date:	10/01/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Bettina Judd was born in Baltimore and raised in Southern California. She teaches courses in Black women’s art, Black culture, and Black feminist thought. She has received fellowships from the Five Colleges, the Vermont Studio Center and the University of Maryland. She is a Cave Canem Fellow and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in poetry by Mythium Literary Magazine. Her poems have appeared in Torch, Mythium, Meridians and other journals and anthologies.