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Philadelphia's King of Little Italy: C.C.A. Baldi & His Brothers (American Heritage)
by Charles G. Douglas Douglas Baldi Swift"C.C.A. Baldi ruled Little Italy, and everyone who wished to deal with the Italians knew it." Go back to turn of the century Philadelphia and discover the incredible immigrant success story of C.C.A. Baldi and his brothers as they build a business empire while pathing a path for the Italian community and becoming the King of Little Italy.
Philanthropy In Black Higher Education
by Vida L. AveryThis work describes and analyzes the circumstances surrounding the creation and development of the Atlanta University System (later the Atlanta University Center). The affiliation in 1929 of Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College was a monumental event, and John Hope, the first black president of both Morehouse College and Atlanta University and simultaneously president at both of them was key to its taking place. In recounting the circumstances surrounding the affiliation, Vida L. Avery brings to the fore a little-told aspect of the affiliation: the relationships Hope cultivated with industrial philanthropists of his time. These relationships went beyond the simple categories of benefactor and recipient, playing a major role in creating a unique higher educational center for black Americans. "
Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview
by Philip K. Dick David StreitfeldLong before Ridley Scott transformed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? into Blade Runner, Philip K. Dick was banging away at his typewriter in relative obscurity, ostracized by the literary establishment. Today he is widely considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. These interviews reveal a man plagued by bouts of manic paranoia and failed suicide attempts; a career fuelled by alcohol, amphetamines, and mystical inspiration; and, above all, a magnificent and generous imagination at work. Series Overview: A new series of pocket-sized interview collections, featuring conversations with some of the iconic writers and thinkers of our time.
Philip Kaufman (Contemporary Film Directors)
by Annette InsdorfAmerican director Philip Kaufman is hard to pin down: a visual stylist who is truly literate, a San Franciscan who often makes European films, he is an accessible storyteller with a sophisticated touch. Celebrated for his vigorous, sexy, and reflective cinema, Kaufman is best known for his masterpiece The Unbearable Lightness of Being and the astronaut saga The Right Stuff. His latest film, Hemingway & Gellhorn(premiering May 2012 on HBO), stars Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. In this study, Annette Insdorf argues that the stylistic and philosophical richness of Kaufman's cinema makes him a versatile auteur. She demonstrates Kaufman's skill at adaptation, how he finds the precise cinematic device for a story drawn from seemingly unadaptable sources, and how his eye translates the authorial voice from books that serve as inspiration for his films. Closely analyzing his movies to date (including Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Wanderers, and Quills), Insdorf links them by exploring the recurring and resonant themes of sensuality, artistic creation, codes of honor, and freedom from manipulation. While there is no overarching label or bold signature that can be applied to his oeuvre, she illustrates the consistency of themes, techniques, images, and concerns that permeates all of Kaufman's works.
Philip Payton: The Father of Black Harlem
by Kevin McGruderAt the turn of the early twentieth century, Harlem—the iconic Black neighborhood—was predominantly white. The Black real estate entrepreneur Philip Payton played a central role in Harlem’s transformation. He founded the Afro-American Realty Company in 1903, vowing to vanquish housing discrimination. Yet this ambitious mission faltered as Payton faced the constraints of white capitalist power structures.In this biography, Kevin McGruder explores Payton’s career and its implications for the history of residential segregation. Payton stood up for the right of Black people to live in Harlem in the face of vocal white resistance. Through skillful use of print media, he branded Harlem as a Black community and attracted interest from those interested in racial uplift. Yet while Payton “opened” Harlem streets, his business model depended on continued racial segregation. Like white real estate investors, he benefited from the lack of housing options available to desperate Black tenants by charging higher rents. Payton developed a specialty in renting all-Black buildings, rather than the integrated buildings he had once envisioned, and his personal successes ultimately entrenched Manhattan’s racial boundaries. McGruder highlights what Payton’s story shows about the limits of seeking advancement through enterprise in a capitalist system deeply implicated in racial inequality.At a time when understanding the roots of residential segregation has become increasingly urgent, this biography sheds new light on the man and the forces that shaped Harlem.
Philip Roth (Modern Critical Views)
by Harold BloomThis book is part of Chelsea House Publishers' Modern Critical Views series. This volume gathers together what, in its editor's judgment, is a representative selection of the best criticism so far devoted to the fiction of Philip Roth, arranged in the order of critical publication. The editor's "Introduction" centers upon Roth's major achievement, the trilogy Zuckerman Bound, with its epilogue The Prague Orgy. By insisting upon the profound moral intensity of Roth's vision, the editor sets himself at some variance with much received opinion upon Roth's work.
Philip Roth at 80: A Celebration
by Philip RothOn March 19, 2013, a distinguished group of writers and critics gathered at the Newark Museum's Billy Johnson Auditorium in Newark, New Jersey, to celebrate the extraordinary career and lasting literary legacy of Philip Roth on the occasion of his 80th birthday. This keepsake volume gathers remarks from the evening's speakers, a fitting tribute to the only living novelist whose work is collected in the Library of America series. Here you'll find Jonathan Lethem, hilariously recounting his first consciousness-raising encounter with Roth's work through the Kafkaesque novel The Breast; Hermione Lee, tracing the Shakespearian themes in Roth's books, from Portnoy's Complaint to The Humbling; Alain Finkielkraut, offering a deep reading of Roth's final novel, Nemesis; Claudia Roth Pierpont, assessing Roth's portrayal of women in such books as Sabbath's Theater and The Human Stain; Edna O'Brien, recalling her long friendship with Roth; and the author himself, offering a quintessentially Rothian valediction.
Philip Roth. La biografía
by Blake BaileyUn retrato profundamente realista del maestro literario estadounidense y de la escena cultural de la posguerra. La figura del escritor ha encontrado pocas encarnaciones tan emblemáticas como en Philip Roth. Tras pasar años estudiando a fondo su archivo personal, Blake Bailey realizó entrevistas a amigos, amantes y colegas, y mantuvo conversaciones de una franqueza asombrosa con el propio Roth. Esta biografía recorre la vida del autor, desde su infancia, en un entorno judío de clase media-baja, hasta la cumbre de su fama. Analiza el peso que su desastroso primer matrimonio tuvo en su carrera, su labor en beneficio de colegas disidentes del otro lado del Telón de Acero, su rivalidad con amigos como John Updike o William Styron y su tumultuosa vida amorosa, en especial su relación con Claire Bloom. Un texto honesto y documentado a conciencia que rastrea el recorrido de un maestro de la novela tan amado como cuestionado, pero imprescindible para la literatura contemporánea. La crítica ha dicho:«Una biografía encantadora, sabia e ingeniosa que logra un equilibrio y una exhaustividad que parecerían imposibles tras tan poco tiempo de la muerte de Roth».Jonathan Lethem «Todo lo que siempre quiso saber sobre Philip Roth lo puede descubrir en sus novelas. Todo lo que siempre quiso saber sobre lo que le costó convertirse en uno de los mayores escritores estadounidenses de nuestro tiempo lo encontrará en la impresionante biografía de Blake Bailey».Nicole Krauss «La novela del siglo XIX sigue viva. Su nombre hoy es «biografía»; su naturaleza es de magnitud dostoievskiana. Y el exhaustivo relato de la vida de Philip Roth que hace Bailey es una obra maestra de la narrativa».Cynthia Ozick «Superlativa, definitiva y genuinamente apasionante. Guía con lucidez a través de un denso palimpsesto de identidades ficticias, enemistades literarias y mujeres».The Sunday Times «Una lectura compulsiva. Magníficamente escrita. Es difícil imaginar un libro que ofrezca respuestas más definitivas que este».The Observer
Philip Roth: New Perspectives on an American Author
by Derek Parker RoyalFrom the introduction: "Each of the seventeen chapters that follow is an attempt to glimpse beneath one of Philip Roth's masks, while at the same time acknowledging the possibility of other masks layered in other reaches. The contributors vary widely in their critical perspectives, but such diversity parallels the multifaceted nature of Roth's writings. Nevertheless, all of the analyses share a common ground in their efforts to present a unique reading of one or more of Roth's works. Each chapter introduces a particular book (sometimes more than one), provides a brief summary of the text's storyline, moves on to an examination of its various literary elements (i.e., discusses basic critical issues pertaining to the plot, characters, settings, themes, symbols, points of view, and style), and then contextualizes the significance of the book within the overall body of Roth's oeuvre."
Philip Roth: The Biography
by Blake Bailey<P><P> The renowned biographer’s definitive portrait of a literary titan. <P><P>Appointed by Philip Roth and granted independence and complete access, Blake Bailey spent years poring over Roth’s personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and engaging Roth himself in breathtakingly candid conversations. The result is an indelible portrait of an American master and of the postwar literary scene. <P><P>Bailey shows how Roth emerged from a lower-middle-class Jewish milieu to achieve the heights of literary fame, how his career was nearly derailed by his catastrophic first marriage, and how he championed the work of dissident novelists behind the Iron Curtain. <P><P>Bailey examines Roth’s rivalrous friendships with Saul Bellow, John Updike, and William Styron, and reveals the truths of his florid love life, culminating in his almost-twenty-year relationship with actress Claire Bloom, who pilloried Roth in her 1996 memoir, Leaving a Doll’s House. <P><P>Tracing Roth’s path from realism to farce to metafiction to the tragic masterpieces of the American Trilogy, Bailey explores Roth’s engagement with nearly every aspect of postwar American culture.
Philip Roth: The Biography
by Blake Bailey&“I don&’t want you to rehabilitate me,&” Philip Roth said to his only authorized biographer, Blake Bailey. &“Just make me interesting.&” Granted complete independence and access, Bailey spent almost ten years poring over Roth&’s personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and listening to Roth&’s own breathtakingly candid confessions. Cynthia Ozick, in her front-page rave for the New York Times Book Review, described Bailey&’s monumental biography as &“a narrative masterwork … As in a novel, what is seen at first to be casual chance is revealed at last to be a steady and powerfully demanding drive. … under Bailey&’s strong light what remains on the page is one writer&’s life as it was lived, and―almost―as it was felt." Though Roth is generally considered an autobiographical novelist—his alter-egos include not only the Roth-like writer Nathan Zuckerman, but also a recurring character named Philip Roth—relatively little is known about the actual life on which so vast an oeuvre was supposedly based. Bailey reveals a man who, by design, led a highly compartmentalized life: a tireless champion of dissident writers behind the Iron Curtain on the one hand, Roth was also the Mickey Sabbath-like roué who pursued scandalous love affairs and aspired &“[t]o affront and affront and affront till there was no one on earth unaffronted"—the man who was pilloried by his second wife, the actress Claire Bloom, in her 1996 memoir, Leaving a Doll&’s House. Towering above it all was Roth&’s achievement: thirty-one books that give us &“the truest picture we have of the way we live now,&” as the poet Mark Strand put it in his remarks for Roth&’s Gold Medal at the 2001 American Academy of Arts and Letters ceremonial. Tracing Roth&’s path from realism to farce to metafiction to the tragic masterpieces of the American Trilogy, Bailey explores Roth&’s engagement with nearly every aspect of postwar American culture.
Philip Sidney: A Double Life
by Alan StewartCourtier, poet, soldier, diplomat - Philip Sidney was one of the most promising young men of his age. Son of Elizabeth I's deputy in Ireland, nephew and heir to her favourite, Leicester, he was tipped for high office - and even to inherit the throne. But Sidney soon found himself caught up in the intricate politics of Elizabeth's court and forced to become as Machiavellian as everyone around him if he was to achieve his ambitions. Against a backdrop of Elizabethan intrigue and the battle between Protestant and Catholic for predominance in Europe, Alan Stewart tells the riveting story of Philip Sidney's struggle to suceed. Seeing that his continental allies had a greater sense of his importance that his English contamporaries, Philip turned his attention to Europe. He was made a French baron at seventeen, corresponded with leading foreign scholars, considered marriage proposals from two princesses and, at the time of his tragically early death, was being openly spoken of as the next ruler of the Netherlands.
Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
by Adrian GoldsworthyThis definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of two rulers who gripped the world -- and their rise and fall from power.Alexander the Great's conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of miles, overthrowing the greatest empires of his time and building a new one in their place. He claimed to be the son of a god, but he was actually the son of Philip II of Macedon.Philip inherited a minor kingdom that was on the verge of dismemberment, but despite his youth and inexperience, he made Macedonia dominant throughout Greece. It was Philip who created the armies that Alexander led into war against Persia. In Philip and Alexander, classical historian Adrian Goldsworthy shows that without the work and influence of his father, Alexander could not have achieved so much. This is the groundbreaking biography of two men who together conquered the world.
Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Royal Marriage
by Gyles Daubeney BrandrethBrandeth relates the long and sometimes unhappy story of the Queen of England and the Duke of Edinburgh with a jaunty, chatty style and inside knowledge based on his acquaintance with the Duke over 25 years. The biography covers the couples' lives together and apart and focuses on their different personalities and upbringings. Brandeth also reveals details about the couples' famous relatives, including their children and in-laws. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Philip of Spain
by Henry KamenPhilip II of Spain-ruler of the most extensive empire the world had ever known-has been viewed in a harsh and negative light since his death in 1598. Identified with repression, bigotry, and fanaticism by his enemies, he has been judged more by the political events of his reign than by his person. This book, published four hundred years after Philip's death, is the first full-scale biography of the king. Placing him within the social, cultural, religious, and regional context of his times, it presents a startling new picture of his character and reign.Drawing on Philip's unpublished correspondence and on many other archival sources, Henry Kamen reveals much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband, the father, the frequently troubled Christian, and the king. Kamen finds that Philip was a cosmopolitan prince whose extensive experience of northern Europe broadened his cultural imagination and tastes, whose staunchly conservative ideas were far from being illiberal and fanatical, whose religious attitudes led him to accept a practical coexistence with Protestants and Jews, and whose support for Las Casas and other defenders of the Indians in America helped determine government policy. Shedding completely new light on most aspects of Philip's private life and, in consequence, on his public actions, the book is the definitive portrayal of Philip II.
Philip, Prince of Greece: The Duke of Edinburgh's Early Life and the Greek Succession
by John Carr Constantinos LagosMany books have been written about the life of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, yet there always seem to be corners of his long life that have remained unexplored. In this long look back into his early years, Constantinos Lagos and John Carr uncover hitherto unknown aspects of Philip's life as a Greek prince and his gradual transformation from a mere appendage of the troubled Greek royal family to an enduring pillar of the British monarchy. For the first time, Lagos and Carr delve into neglected Greek archives for a fascinating picture of Philip's early Greek life and the constant insecurity that dogged his steps as his father Prince Andrew of Greece and mother Princess Alice struggled to order their own lives in the maelstrom of unstable and often violent Greek politics in a Europe sliding towards world war. The Greek royal family, in which Philip has his roots, is dealt with at length, to bring out the particular family history and circumstances that played no small part in shaping his personality. Anyone curious about how Prince Philip actually grew up will find in this book a wealth of eye-opening, often startling details that will add more brush strokes to the portrait of the often-elusive but real Prince Philip.
Philip: The Final Portrait - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
by Gyles Brandreth____________________________________________________________________________________ THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER 'It's bloody brilliant, totally inspiring ... it's a joy to read a book that comes from a perspective of fondness. There are whole pages I want to read to the kids and stick to the fridge.' - KIRSTIE ALLSOPP, THE TIMES 'As a sparkling celebration of Prince Philip, the book will be hard to beat' - THE TELEGRAPH'Brandreth explores a temperament on the brink of anger and agitation with immense tact, even affection.' - THE SPECTATOR'This affectionate biography of Prince Philip is stuffed with entertaining anecdotes ... so readable and refreshing even after the millions of words that have been written about Prince Philip in the past couple of weeks.' - THE TIMES'Brilliant... there is so much in this book you won't find anywhere else.' - LORRAINE'A stately, respectful and joyful tribute. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew him for more than 40 years.' - EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS______________________________________________________________________________________This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once described as her 'constant strength and guide'. Who was he? What was he really like? What is the truth about those 'gaffes' and the rumours of affairs? This is the final portrait of an unexpected and often much-misunderstood figure. It is also the portrait of a remarkable marriage that endured for more than seventy years. Philip and Elizabeth were both royal by birth, both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but, in temperament and upbringing, they were two very different people. The Queen's childhood was loving and secure, the Duke's was turbulent; his grandfather assassinated, his father arrested, his family exiled, his parents separated when he was only ten. Elizabeth and Philip met as cousins in the 1930s. They married in 1947, aged twenty-one and twenty-six. Philip: The Final Portrait tells the story of two contrasting lives, assesses the Duke of Edinburgh's character and achievement, and explores the nature of his relationships with his wife, his children and their families - and with the press and public and those at court who were suspicious of him in the early days. This is a powerful, revealing and, ultimately, moving account of a long life and a remarkable royal partnership.
Philip: The Final Portrait - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
by Gyles Brandreth______________________________________________________________________________________**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER**'As a sparkling celebration of Prince Philip, the book will be hard to beat' - THE TELEGRAPH'Brandreth explores a temperament on the brink of anger and agitation with immense tact, even affection.' - THE SPECTATOR'This affectionate biography of Prince Philip is stuffed with entertaining anecdotes ...so readable and refreshing even after the millions of words that have been written about Prince Philip in the past couple of weeks.' - THE TIMES'Brilliant... there is so much in this book you won't find anywhere else.' - LORRAINE'A stately, respectful and joyful tribute. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew him for more than 40 years.' -EDINBURGH EVENING NEWSThis is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once described as her 'constant strength and guide'. Who was he? What was he really like? What is the truth about those 'gaffes' and the rumours of affairs? This is the final portrait of an unexpected and often much-misunderstood figure. It is also the portrait of a remarkable marriage that endured for more than seventy years. Philip and Elizabeth were both royal by birth, both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but, in temperament and upbringing, they were two very different people. The Queen's childhood was loving and secure, the Duke's was turbulent; his grandfather assassinated, his father arrested, his family exiled, his parents separated when he was only ten. Elizabeth and Philip met as cousins in the 1930s. They married in 1947, aged twenty-one and twenty-six. Philip: The Final Portrait tells the story of two contrasting lives, assesses the Duke of Edinburgh's character and achievement, and explores the nature of his relationships with his wife, his children and their families - and with the press and public and those at court who were suspicious of him in the early days. This is a powerful, revealing and, ultimately, moving account of a long life and a remarkable royal partnership.
Philip: The Final Portrait - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
by Gyles BrandrethElizabeth, their marriage and their dynasty.This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once described as her 'constant strength and guide'. Who was he? What was he really like? What is the truth about those 'gaffes' and the rumours of affairs? This is the final portrait of an unexpected and often much-misunderstood figure. It is also the portrait of a remarkable marriage that endured for more than seventy years. Philip and Elizabeth were both royal by birth, both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but, in temperament and upbringing, they were two very different people. The Queen's childhood was loving and secure, the Duke's was turbulent; his grandfather assassinated, his father arrested, his family exiled, his parents separated when he was only ten. Elizabeth and Philip met as cousins in the 1930s. They married in 1947, aged twenty-one and twenty-six. Philip: The Final Portrait tells the story of two contrasting lives, assesses the Duke of Edinburgh's character and achievement, and explores the nature of his relationships with his wife, his children and their families - and with the press and public and those at court who were suspicious of him in the early days. This is a powerful, revealing and, ultimately, moving account of a long life and a remarkable royal partnership.(P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons
by Steven GainesBestselling author Steven Gaines's "richly entertaining" (People) and juicy social history of the Hamptons.As one of America's most fabled communities--long a magnet for artists, celebrities, the very rich, and their respective hangers-on--the Hamptons have been a scene of constant collision among the established old guard, New Money, and the local families who farmed and fished the region for generations. In serving up three centuries of Hamptons history, Steven Gaines introduces a host of colorful characters including Jackson Pollock, Ron Perelman, Lauren Bacall, and the Bouvier Beales of Grey Gardens infamy.Philistines at the Hedgerow is a mesmerizing feat of storytelling--a book that takes us behind the privet hedges and rolling sand dunes and brings vivid life to the curious passions and personalities that animate the Hamptons.
Phillies 1980!: Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Pete Rose, and Philadelphia's First World Series Championship
by Lew FreedmanHow the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies Won the First World Series Championship in Franchise History The road was rocky and the suspense intense as a make-or-break 1980 baseball season unfolded for the Philadelphia Phillies under a new, often-unpopular manager who sought to shape a collection of All-Star talent into champions. In the end, Dallas Green&’s gruffness, Pete Rose&’s clubhouse leadership, Mike Schmidt&’s Most Valuable Player performance, Steve Carlton&’s almost unbeatable pitching, Tug McGraw&’s irrepressible personality—plus contributions from young, unheralded players and savvy veterans—led the club to the franchise&’s first World Series in history. Although the Phillies had risen to prominence and relevance in the late 1970s, they could not get past the National League Championship Series. Management was tempted to blow up the team. Wooing Rose as a free agent to add spirit, as well as a clutch bat, and the promotion of the reluctant Green from the farm system in place of well-liked Danny Ozark, helped change the dynamics of the team. The risky strategy led to some internal discord and relentless challenges from Green, but after months of seeming slow to emerge as a team prepared to grab a championship, the Phillies clutch ballplaying through the end of September to qualify for the playoffs, and then played inspired baseball when most needed in October. Some forty years later, that Phillies group is especially prized for the breakthrough in a near-century-long wait for a title for a club that began play in 1883. Only once since then have the Phillies claimed another crown. The mix of superstars, with the major influence of such players as Bob Boone, Larry Bowa, Greg Luzinski, Lonnie Smith, Manny Trillo, Garry Maddox, and Bake McBride helped take the Phillies on a months-long-ride, culminating in the glory they and their fans both hungered for for so long.
Phillis Sings Out Freedom
by Ann Malaspina Susan KeelerIn the fall of 1775, General George Washington was struggling to find a way to fight the British so that the colonies could be free from England. Phillis Wheatley, an African American poet who herself had struggled to gain freedom, decided to write Washington a poem of encouragement. Ann Malaspina's inspiring story shows the life and times of these two brave people who did so much to lay the foundation of our country.
Phillis Wheatley: Phillis Wheatley - Grades 4-5 - Guided Reading Level O (Social Studies: Informational Text Series)
by Emily SmithIgnite your students' passion for history through the use of intriguing primary sources! The Primary Source Reader series features purposefully leveled text to increase comprehension for different learner types. Students will learn about the fascinating life and times of Phillis Wheatley and her important contributions to history. This informational text includes captions, a glossary, an index, and other text features that will increase students' reading comprehension. It aligns with state standards including NCSS/C3, McREL, and WIDA/TESOL and prepares students for college and career readiness.
Phillis Wheatley: The Inspiring Life Story of the American Poet (Inspiring Stories)
by Robin S. DoakA young, sickly Phillis Wheatley was brought to Massachusetts as a slave. She grew up in two worlds treated well and educated but still enslaved. In her short life she wrote nearly 150 poems and became the first African-American poet to publish a book. She died alone and in poverty, but her poems live on. They provide a unique perspective on life in colonial America in the late 1700s.
Phillis's Big Test
by Catherine Clinton Sean QuallsIn 1773, Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry. It was a great accomplishment that made her very famous.Only a year before, Phillis had had to take a test to prove that she was the actual author of these poems, because Phillis Wheatley was a slave.Who would believe that an African girl could be the author of such poetry?Phillis did! She believed in herself, and took every opportunity she could to make her life better. She believed in the power of her words, and her writing to prove her talent, and used the power of words to change a life.