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ST. PETER CLAVER by TOI DERRICOTTE

Poet Analysis

First Line: EVERY TOWN WITH BLACK CATHOLICS HAS A ST. PETER CLAVER'S
Last Line: I WAS TRICKED AGAIN, ROBBED OF MY PATRON, %AND LEFT WITH A DEBT TO ANOTHER WHITE MAN
Subject(s): DETROIT, MICHIGAN; EDUCATION; SCHOOLS;

Poem Sources:

THE PITTSBURGH BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  OCHESTER, ED, & ORESICK, PETER (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
LEARNING BY HEART; CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY ABOUT SCHOOL. EDITED BY MAGGIE ANDERSON & DAVID HASSLER.
  ANDERSON, MAGGIE (ED.)
  (1999)
 
ABANDON AUTOMOBILE; DETROIT CITY POETRY 2001.
  BOYD, MELBA JOYCE AND M.L. LIEBLER (EDS.)
  (2001)
 
CAPTIVITY.
  DERRICOTTE, TOI
  (1989)
 



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