New! D.H. Reads Her Work Aloud

Rest in Love

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 About Me

 

I’m a poet and novelist living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.   Have a background in critical studies, particularly of African-American poets.  Besides seven books of poetry, my work includes a fiction trilogy, short stories, essays, and a musical drama.  I find inspiration in my neighborhood, politics, art, and nature.  I call the street “my Muse.”

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 A book-length elegy for the poet’s mother, Georgette Deyratani Melhem, who died in 1969 at the age of 63. Designed by the author, written over a period of six years.

 (Dovetail Press, 1975; 2nd ed. 1978; reissued Confrontation Press, 1995)

 This blessed book touches me to the root of life and love. It is permanent. It will remain until the stars burn out and the planet goes dark.  -- Cynthia Ozick

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