The book of Alice : poems / Diamond Forde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forde, Diamond, author.

Series:

Scribner poetry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--English--Poetry.

Bible.

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

African American women--Poetry.

African American women.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

x, 82 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First Scribner trade paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2026.

Summary:

In The Book of Alice, poet Diamond Forde honors her grandmother by recounting her life through the language and structure of the King James Bible, the only poetry her grandmother knew. Born in the Jim Crow South, Alice migrated to New York City during the Great Migration, where she married, divorced, and raised eight children while navigating racism and personal hardship. Blending found documents--such as recipes, a family tree, and census records--with imagined psalms and scriptures, Forde draws parallels between biblical narratives and marginalized Black experiences, creating both an elegy and a reimagined sacred text.

Contents:

Record of deaths: Diamond Forde

Family tree

Genesis

Exodus

Daughters

Lamentations

Revelations.

Notes:

James Laughlin Award, 2025.

Other Format:

Online version Forde, Diamond Book of Alice

ISBN:

9781668078402

1668078406

OCLC:

1523196627