Browsing English Literature & Linguistics by Author "Saber Y."
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Blurring the Contours of Memory in June Jordan's Soldier: A Poet's Childhood
Saber Y. ( Routledge , 2019 , Article)Located at the crossroads of fact and fiction and relying on memory, autobiography defies easy categorization. This paper examines June Jordan's Soldier: A Poet's Childhood (2000). Jordan situates herself vis-à-vis her ... -
The Conjure Woman's Poetics of Poisoning in Gloria Naylor's Mama Day
Saber Y. ( Routledge , 2018 , Article)This article examines the poetics of poisoning in Gloria Naylor's Mama Day. The article traces the depiction of the conjure woman in novels written by African American female novelists in the 1980s, drawing upon the figure's ...