Groove.Groove. Lyrae van Clief - Stefanon Facing my fear of being found wanting in black men's eyes meant nights of dancing. I pressed my palms against my partner's back, pulled myself into his chest, close enough to wear my body into scar. Slowdragging in the armory, crowded near the deejay's stand to break the open space we barely moved. I followed promise-rhythms into early morning as though a groove meant something soft like skin. When I slid my hands beneath his shirt I made my body a prayer-- Please. Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon received her B.A. from Washington and Lee University Washington and Lee University, at Lexington, Va.; coeducational; founded and opened 1749 as Augusta Academy. It was called Liberty Hall in 1776; became Liberty Hall Academy (a college) in 1782, Washington Academy (following a gift from George Washington) in 1798, and her M.F.A. degree from Penn State. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Callaloo cal·la·loo n. 1. The edible spinachlike leaves of the dasheen. 2. A soup or stew made of these leaves or other greens, okra, crabmeat, and seasonings. , Columbia, Poet Lore, Rattapallax, and African American Review The African American Review is a quarterly journal and the official publication of the Division on Black American Literature and Culture of the Modern Language Association. . A recipient of an Academy of American Poets The Academy of American Poets is the preeminent organization in the United States dedicated to the art of poetry. History The academy was created in 1934 in New York City by Mrs. prize, she recently received a grant from the Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for her manuscript The Way the Voice of God Appears in Movies. She lives in Fauquier County, Virginia Fauquier County is a county located in the U.S. state — officially, "Commonwealth" — of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 55,139. Its county seat is Warrenton6. This county is a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. , with her husband Justin. |
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