Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature
A Biography in Poems
Minty, born enslaved in 1822, is impossible to contain: “she / is soil, seed, root, tree, / stem, flower, air, breeze, / stream, river, waves, sea, / Sun, moon, a planetary jubilee.” As a child, she has visions of the Promised Land; as an adult, these flourish into her work with the Underground Railroad. Here, Harriet’s story is told via wrenching, earthy poems covering the turning points and highlights of her life, complemented by eye-catching collage illustrations in which people are clothed in newsprint “to show that that they … were always, and still are, important news.”
Reviewed by
Michelle Anne Schingler
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