Congratulations to Prof. David Waldstreicher on his New York Times book review and interview
“A Fresh Look at a Pioneering Black Voice of Revolutionary America” is an in-depth look at Prof. David Waldstreicher‘s new book, The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley.
Here’s a snippet:
“Her poems were read by Franklin (who met her in London), George Washington (to whom she sent an admiring elegy) and Thomas Jefferson (who posthumously mocked her). They weren’t just literary gestures, Waldstreicher argues, but “actions in the drama” of revolutionary America.”
And he will also be in conversation with Elizabeth McHenry for a hybrid event at the GC on March 7th.
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