Domestic work : poems / by Natasha Trethewey ; selected and introduced by Rita Dove.

Author/creator Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966-
Other author Dove, Rita.
Other author Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966- inscriber.
Other author Poets Laureate Collection (Library of Congress)
Format Book
Publication InfoSaint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, ©2000.
Descriptionxii, 58 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
African American women--Poetry.

Contents Gesture of a woman-in-process -- At the Owl Club, North Gulfport, Mississippi, 1950 -- Three photographs -- Domestic work, 1937 -- Speculation, 1939 -- Secular -- Signs, Oakvale, Mississippi, 1941 -- Expectant -- Tableau -- At the station -- Naola Beauty Academy, New Orleans, 1945 -- Drapery Factory, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1956 -- His hands -- Self-employment, 1970 -- Early evening, Frankfort, Kentucky -- Cameo -- Hot combs -- Family portrait -- Mythmaker -- Amateur fighter -- Flounder -- White lies -- Microscope -- Saturday matinee -- History lesson -- Saturday drive -- Accounting -- Gathering -- Give and take -- Housekeeping -- Picture gallery -- Collection day -- Carpenter bee -- Limen.
Local noteJoyner Rare copy inscribed "To Catherine- Natasha Trethewey, 2 April 2008" on title page.
General note"Winner of the 1999 Cave Canem Poetry Prize."
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Catherine Billingsley
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy Gift of Catherine Billingsley, 2/18/2020
Awards noteLillian Smith Book Award, 2001
Issued in other formOnline version: Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966- Domestic work. Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, ©2000
Genre/formPoetry.
LCCN 00101775
ISBN1555973094
ISBN9781555973094