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I LAY MY STITCHES DOWN: POEMS OF AMERICAN SLAVERY

I Lay my Stitches Down
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Grady
Author's First Name: 
Cynthia
Illustrator's First Name: 
Michelle
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Wood
Publisher: 
Eerdmans
Publication Date: 
2012

Dramatic, richly colored illustrations complement fourteen diverse poems, each ten lines of ten syllables, that reflect ways slaves tried to cope with life’s uncertainties. Bits of information, like the patterning of a quilt block, build a multi-layered story of many horrors.

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