Author: Robert Hayden
Cited by
- Taiye Selasi (1)
- IN: Ghana Must Go (2013) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Not sunflowers, not
roses, but rocks in patterned
sand grow here. And bloom.
FROM: Approximation, (1962), Poem, US
- Nnedi Okorafor (1)
- IN: The Book of Phoenix (2015) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Voyage through death, to life upon these shores.
FROM: Middle Passage, (1962), Poem, US
- Charles Johnson (1)
- IN: Middle Passage (1990) Historical Novel, American
EPIGRAPH: What port awaits us, Davy Jones'
or home? I've heard of slavers drifting, drifting,
playthings of wind and storm and chance, their crews
gone blind, the jungle hatred
crawling up on deck.
FROM: "Middle Passage", (1945), Poem, US