Sarah 'Saartjie' Baartman was an indigenous South African woman who - due principally to the large size of her buttocks - was exhibited as a freak-show attraction throughout 19th-century Europe. She became known as the 'Hottentot Venus',...
Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parksâs wildly original debut novel, Getting Motherâs Body , follows pregnant, unmarried Billy Beede and her down-and-out family in 1960s Texas as they search for the storied jewels buri...
The debut novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks is a gutsy, funny, tragic and completely original work for fans of William Faulkner and Alice Walker.