1. New Bones: Contemporary Black Writers In America Chapter 18 -- Toi Derricotte Chapter 18 Toi derricotte toi Derricotte, Toi Derricotte (1941). Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Toi Derricotte attended http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/quashie/chapter18/custom1/deluxe-conte

Chapter 18: Toi Derricotte Toi Derricotte Toi Derricotte Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Toi Derricotte attended Wayne State University, earning a degree in special education, and working for years as a teacher in the Detroit and New Jersey school systems. Her first published work of poetry, The Empress of the Death House (1978), began a distinguished writing career. She has since published three other books of poetry: Natural Birth Captivity (1989), and Tender The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey (1999) is a prose collection of journal writing which chronicles her writing, and her engagement with issues of color, race, class, and gender. Derricotte completed a master's degree in English and Creative Writing at NYU in 1984, and has received many awards for her work, including two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, as well as the Distinguished Pioneering of the Arts Award from the United Black Artists, the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, and the Folger Shakespeare Library Poetry Book Award.

2. Artists Toi Derricotte Toi Derricotte, Cave Canem cofounder Toi Derricotte is a native ofDetroit, Michigan. She is the author of five books. The latest http://www.calabashfestival.org/pages/artists/artists_page/derricotte.html

3. Toi Derricotte -- 13th Annual Literary Festival -- Old Dominion University -- Ci Toi derricotte toi Derricotte has published three collections of poetry,most recently Captivity. Her previous collections are Natural http://courses.lib.odu.edu/litfest/13th/derricotte.html

13th Annual Literary Festival Old Dominion University October 2-4, 1990 Toi Derricotte Toi Derricotte has published three collections of poetry, most recently Captivity . Her previous collections are Natural Birth and The Empress of Death House . She is a recipient of two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as numerous other awards. Her work has appeared in many journals American Poetry Review New England/Breadloaf Quarterly Ploughshares , and Iowa Review . Sharon Olds has described her work as "one of the most beautiful and necessary voices in American poetry today." She teaches at Old Dominion University. Toi Derricotte will read from her poetry at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2, in the Hampton-Newport News Room in Webb Center. [extracted from 1990 brochure] 13th Annual Literary Festival 11th Annual Literary Festival Books Available Web Sites

4. Toi Derricotte -- 11th Annual Literary Festival -- Old Dominion University -- Oc Toi derricotte toi Derricotte is the author of two books of poetry,The Empress of the Death House and Natural Birth. Of her work http://courses.lib.odu.edu/litfest/11th/derricotte.html

11th Annual Literary Festival Old Dominion University October 3-6, 1988 Toi Derricotte Toi Derricotte is the author of two books of poetry, T he Empress of the Death House and Natural Birth . Of her work, one reviewer said: "Good news to men and women alike: the poet offers us all a metaphor in which to see reflected our common experience of fear, pain, struggle, and ecstasy." Another added, "she grips the reader. This is powerful, an experience that separates all before from all after." Toi Derricotte teaches creative writing at Old Dominion University. Toi Derricotte will read from her poetry at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 6, in the Newport News Room of Webb Center. [excerpted from the 1988 brochure] 11th Annual Literary Festival 13th Annual Literary Festival Books Available Web Sites

5. Caribbean Writer On Line FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD - TOI DERRICOTTE Introduction FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD TOI derricotte toi Derricotte's two collections of poemsare The Empress of the Death House (Lotus Press, 1978) and Natural Birth http://www.thecaribbeanwriter.com/volume1/v1p10a.html

redirecting("volume1/derricotteintro.html") FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD - TOI DERRICOTTE Toi Derricotte's two collections of poems are The Empress of the Death House (Lotus Press, 1978) and Natural Birth (Crossing Press, 1983). She received a fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, was a Macdowell Fellow in 1983, and received a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in 1985. Her poems have been published widely in magazines and anthologies including The Iowa Review, Northwest Review, Pequod, Ironwood, 13th Moon , and Beloit Poetry Journal . Her poems will be included in the third edition of An Introduction to Poetry , edited by Louis Simpson. A master teacher for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Ms. Derricotte has completed over 100 poetry residencies since 1974.

6. Toi Derricotte Books Toi Derricotte Books. The Black Notebooks An Interior Journey By Toi Derricotte(hardcover October 1997). Natural Birth By Toi Derricotte (paperback). http://www.american-webshop.com/Toi-Derricotte

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9. Toi Derricotte - The Academy Of American Poets An Academy of American Poets poetry exhibit, including a brief biograph and the online text of one of her poems. http://www.poets.org/LIT/poet/tderrfst.htm

poetry awards poetry month poetry exhibits about the academy Search Larger Type Find a Poet Find a Poem Listening Booth ... Add to a Notebook Toi Derricotte Toi Derricotte was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1941. Her books of poetry include Tender Captivity Natural Birth (1983), and The Empress of the Death House The Black Notebooks , a literary memoir, was published from W.W. Norton in 1997. Her honors include the Folger Shakespeare Library Poetry Book Award, the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, a Pushcart Prize, and the Distinguished Pioneering of the Arts Award from the United Black Artists, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council. She teaches at the University of Pittsburgh. This bio was last updated on Jun 12, 2001. photo © Dorothy Alexander Shop for Toi Derricotte books at your local bookstore, through Booksense.com . (This link will open in a new browser window.) Learn more about why poets.org

10. Derricotte, Toi. The Black Notebooks. The Black Notebooks An Interior Journey. Norton, $21.95 (0393-04544-7). How to subscribe to Booklist Magazine. derricotte, toi. The Black Notebooks An Interior Journey. http://www.ala.org/booklist/v94/adult/oc2/24derric.html

Booklist Adult v.94 Hot List: Fiction Nonfiction Adult Fiction General Fiction Mystery Science Fiction Adult Nonfiction General Works Psychology Religion Social Sciences ... Booklist Home Page How to subscribe to Booklist Magazine Derricotte, Toi. The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey. Oct. 1997. 160p. Norton, $21.95 (0-393-04544-7). DDC: 818. Lillian Lewis (Booklist/October 15, 1997) Top of Page Adult Booklist Index Booklist Archive ... Subscribe to Booklist Magazine

11. Poetry: Toi Derricotte toi derricotte (b. 1941). LINKS. University of Pittsburgh English Department toi derricotte http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/poetry/derricotte.htm

MM_preloadImages('../images/m_research_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_related_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_literary_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_critical_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_essays_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_poetry_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_drama_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_fiction_o.gif'); Toi Derricotte (b. 1941) LINKS University of Pittsburgh English Department: Toi Derricotte http://www.pitt.edu/~englweb/Homepages/derricotte.html Toi Derricotte is Associate Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. Click here for contact information, a photograph of the author, a selected bibliography of her work, and the courses that she teaches. Also, click here for the "On-Line Chapbook" for the University of Pittsburgh Creative Writing Department, where Toi Derricotte, Bruce Dobler, and Lewis Nordan read from their work. All selections include printed text as well as sound. Academy of American Poets: Toi Derricotte http://www.poets.org/LIT/poet/tderrico.htm

12. Department Of English | Bios toi derricotte has published four books of poems, The Empress of the Death House , Natural Birth , Captivity, and Tender, http://www.english.pitt.edu/homepages/derricotte.html

Toi Derricotte Professor of English (Photograph by Linda Koolish) Phone: Email: toiderri@pitt.edu Fax: Office: CL 517-D Mailing Address: University of Pittsburgh English Department CL 526 4200 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Toi Derricotte has published four books of poems, The Empress of the Death House Natural Birth Captivity , and Tender , winner of the 1998 Paterson Poetry Prize, and a memoir, The Black Notebooks The Black Notebooks was a recipient of the 1998 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association Nonfiction Award, and was nominated for the PEN Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. It was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She has won numerous awards including two fellowships in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, and two Pushcart Prizes . She was a judge for the Lenore Marshall Award sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. She is the co-founder of Cave Canem, the historic first workshop/retreat for African American poets. ["Visit our online chapbook and I will read you some poems...."]

13. Toi Derricotte - The Academy Of American Poets toi derricotte The Academy of American Poets presents biographies, photographs,selected poems, and links as part of its online poetry exhibits. http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=108

14. Booklist: Adult--Literature (v.94) Hahn. Davis, Linda H. Badge of Courage The Life of Stephen Crane.derricotte, toi. The Black Notebooks An Interior Journey. Disch http://www.ala.org/booklist/v94/adult/24.html

Booklist Adult v.94 Hot List: Fiction Nonfiction Adult Fiction General Fiction Mystery Science Fiction Adult Nonfiction General Works Psychology Religion Social Sciences ... Booklist Home Page How to subscribe to Booklist Magazine Literature Acker, Kathy. Bodies of Work. Amburn, Ellis. Subterranean Kerouac: The Hidden Life of Jack Kerouac. Cameron, Lindsley. The Music of Light: The Extraordinary Story of Hikari and Kenzaburo Oe. Carruth, Hayden. Reluctantly. Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich. Dear Writer, Dear Actress: The Love Letters of Olga Knipper and Anton Chekhov. Cuthbertson, Ken. Nobody Said Not to Go: The Life, Loves, and Adventures of Emily Hahn. Davis, Linda H. Badge of Courage: The Life of Stephen Crane. Derricotte, Toi. The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey. Disch, Thomas M. The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World. Dubus, Andre. Meditations from a Movable Chair. Fowles, John. Wormholes: Essays and Other Occasional Writings. Kazin, Alfred. God and the American Writer. Kercheval, Jesse Lee. Space. Kershaw, Alex.

15. Toi Derricotte My skin causes certain problems continuously, problems that open the issue ofracism over and over like a wound. toi derricotte (Photo Kathy Keeney). http://aalbc.com/authors/toi.htm

AALBC Home Author Index Back Author Home ... Buy Any Book "My skin causes certain problems continuously, problems that open the issue of racism over and over like a wound." Toi Derricotte (Photo: Kathy Keeney) "toy dare- i-cot"; Derricotte was boarn in Hamtramck, Michigan on April 12, 1941 The daughter of Benjamin Sweeney Webster and Antonia Webster Cyrus; married Clarence Reese (an artist), July 5, 1962 (divorced, 1964); married Clarence Bruce Derricotte, December 30, 1967; children: (first marriage) Anthony. She studied special education at Wayne State University, where she earned a B.A., and studied English literature and creatibe writing at New York University, where she received her M.A. She won a fellowship in poetry from the National Endowment fot the Arts and was a MacDowell fellow in 1984. She is an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (1991 ). The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey (click title or book to order on-line) Publisher: Norton,Ww Date Published: May 1999 Format: Trade Paper Captivity (click title or book to order on-line) Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Date Published: October 1997 Format: Trade Paper Derricotte ( Natural Birth ) smoothly blends personal history, invention and reportage in her focus on the black female experience as a springboard for a broader examination of subjugation. Her unusual narrative prowess distinguishes the less formal, autobiographical first sections; ``Blackbottom,'' for example, describes family trips taken in childhood to neighborhoods that represent the speaker's own narrow escape

16. Academic Directories Back to Educational Resources. derricotte, toi, http://www.allianceforlifelonglearning.org/er/tree.jsp?c=42723

17. Toi Derricotte or like a deer paralyzed in the headlights of an oncoming car " writes toi derricotte, a lightskinned black woman. http://authors.aalbc.com/toi.htm

AALBC Home Author Index Back Author Home ... Buy Any Book "My skin causes certain problems continuously, problems that open the issue of racism over and over like a wound." Toi Derricotte (Photo: Kathy Keeney) "toy dare- i-cot"; Derricotte was boarn in Hamtramck, Michigan on April 12, 1941 The daughter of Benjamin Sweeney Webster and Antonia Webster Cyrus; married Clarence Reese (an artist), July 5, 1962 (divorced, 1964); married Clarence Bruce Derricotte, December 30, 1967; children: (first marriage) Anthony. She studied special education at Wayne State University, where she earned a B.A., and studied English literature and creatibe writing at New York University, where she received her M.A. She won a fellowship in poetry from the National Endowment fot the Arts and was a MacDowell fellow in 1984. She is an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (1991 ). The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey (click title or book to order on-line) Publisher: Norton,Ww Date Published: May 1999 Format: Trade Paper Captivity (click title or book to order on-line) Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Date Published: October 1997 Format: Trade Paper Derricotte ( Natural Birth ) smoothly blends personal history, invention and reportage in her focus on the black female experience as a springboard for a broader examination of subjugation. Her unusual narrative prowess distinguishes the less formal, autobiographical first sections; ``Blackbottom,'' for example, describes family trips taken in childhood to neighborhoods that represent the speaker's own narrow escape

18. Academic Directories Cummings, EE, Plath, Sylvia. DeLillo, Don, Pound, Ezra. derricotte, toi, Pynchon,Thomas. Dickey, James, Ransom, John Crowe. Doolittle, Hilda (HD), Reed, Ishmael. http://www.allianceforlifelonglearning.org/er/tree.jsp?c=1370

19. Derricotte, Toi Comments/Inquiries ©New York University 19932003. derricotte, toi. On-LineAuthor Site. Sex, Female. National Origin, United States of America. http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webauthors/derricotte285-

About the Database Editorial Board Annotators What's New ... MedHum Home 49th Edition-April 2003 Art Annotations Artists Meet the Artist Viewing Room ... Art in Literature Literature Annotations Authors Meet the Authors Listening Room ... Reading Room Performing Arts Film/Video Annotations Screening Room Theater Search Options Word/Phrase (All) Word/Phrase (Lit) Keyword Annotator ... Special Author Asterisks indicate multimedia Comments/Inquiries Derricotte, Toi On-Line Author Site Sex Female National Origin United States of America Ethnic Origin African-American Era Late 20th Century Born Awards Academy of American Poets Prize Annotated Works Delivery

20. Derricotte, Toi Delivery Literature Annotations. derricotte, toi Delivery. Genre, Poem. http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/derricotte343

About the Database Editorial Board Annotators What's New ... MedHum Home 49th Edition-April 2003 Art Annotations Artists Meet the Artist Viewing Room ... Art in Literature Literature Annotations Authors Meet the Authors Listening Room ... Reading Room Performing Arts Film/Video Annotations Screening Room Theater Search Options Word/Phrase (All) Word/Phrase (Lit) Keyword Annotator ... Special Author Asterisks indicate multimedia Comments/Inquiries Literature Annotations Derricotte, Toi Delivery Genre Poem Keywords African-American Experience Childbirth Parenthood Patient Experience ... Women's Health Summary In "Delivery," an African-American woman deals with the issues of personal identity for herself and her soon-to-be-born child. This child is alternatively a scheming enemy, a gentle baby, and an awesome stranger. Similarly, the staff around the speaker are variously accomplices in a persecutory treatment, or helpmates in a difficult but joyful experience. The male doctors tend not to listen to the speaker, who herself has trouble knowing to what part of her own feelings she should listen. By the end, the narrator gives birth to a male son, whom she wants to protect, but who feels like a stranger. Commentary This long, wonderful, and difficult poem is dense with imagery and poetic language that challenges our thinking about the identity of the individual woman and how she constructs her identity. The childbirth experience forces her to confront "That black woman in my throat," and to give her voice.

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