Evelyn C. White is the author of Alice Walker: A Life. A resident of Halifax, she is passionate about okra.
Shaped by the author’s observations of the natural world and lack of sentimentality, the poems provide a welcome counter to the often-idyllic verse about the vaunted “wonders” of motherhood.
Atlantic Canadians remember their time on set as they await the TV premiere of the miniseries based on Lawrence Hill’s celebrated novel