Homeplace: Poems Mark Zegarelli The plight of religious minorities

The plight of religious minorities in the Middle East is often attributed to the failure of secularism to take root in the region

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Homeplace: Poems Mark Zegarelli The plight of religious minoritiesFinalist for the 1991 National Book Award In The Homeplace, the stories of a family become the history of a people as Marilyn Nelson Waniek sketches the lives descended from her great great grandmother Diverne. The poet's mother, Johnnie Mitchell Nelson, inspired this volume when she bequeathed to Waniek from her deathbed the tales that had shaped her life. The first section of the book presents those stories transformed into graceful, humorous, and