I heard God talking to me : William Edmondson and his stone carvings

I heard God talking to me : William Edmondson and his stone carvings /

One night in the early 1930s, William Edmondson, the son of former slaves and a janitor in Nashville, Tennessee, heard God speaking to him. And so he began to carve - tombstones, birdbaths, and stylized human figures, whose spirits seemed to emerge fully formed from the stone. Soon Edmondson's...

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Author / Contributor: Spires, Elizabeth (Author)
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: New York : Frances Foster Books, 2009.
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Edmondson, William, > 1882?-1951 > Poetry.
Edmondson, William, > 1882?-1951 > Juvenile poetry.
Edmondson, William, > 1882?-1951
African American artists > Poetry.
African Americans > Poetry.
African Americans > Religion > Poetry.
Stone carving > Poetry.
Sculptors > Juvenile poetry.
Sculpture > Juvenile poetry.
Stone carving > Juvenile poetry.
African Americans > Juvenile poetry.
African American artists.
African Americans.
African Americans > Religion.
Stone carving.
Imagist poetry.
Blank verse.
Poetry.
Series:Internet Archive Lending Library
Table of Contents:
  • Vision
  • Gift
  • Conversation
  • Girl Thinking
  • Adam and Eve
  • Miss Louisa
  • Jack Johnson
  • Porch Ladies
  • Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Shoes
  • Rabbit
  • Talking Owl
  • Old Turtle
  • Three Crows
  • Nieces and Nephews
  • Birdbath
  • Mermaid
  • Hands
  • Tombstone Talks
  • Angel with a Pocketbook
  • Ice
  • Ararat
  • Wisdom.

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