Wheatley's life and art are the subjects of the book 'The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journey Through American Slavery and Independence.'
David Waldstreicher is the author of"The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley" Photo: Paula Vlodkowsky
Biographies of poets can veer into dry territory. Waldstreicher’s text feels like a series of narrative enjambments: Each page bleeds into the next with a tantalizing sense of discovery as the author pulls into better focus a short, brilliant life lived in an era of opaque conflict.By David WaldstreicherWheatley’s first name came from the name of the slave ship that brought her to Boston from West Africa.
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