Stone mirrors the sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis

Born free in new york, she was the first woman of africanamerican and native american heritage to achieve international fame and recognition as a sculptor in the fine arts world. While at oberlin college in ohio, one of the first colleges to be both interracial and coed, she was accused of poisoning two girls but was found innocent. Kids edition by powells books, february 5, 2018 11. Jeannine atkins a biographical novel in verse of a half native american, half african american female sculptor, edmonia lewis, working in the years right after the civil war. There are several themes and images here that echo throughout the bookcracking and breaking, a desire for belonging, poison, ice, home, trust. Stone mirrors by jeannine atkins from critically acclaimed author jeannine atkins comes a memorable, poetic. Jeannine atkins is the author of several books for young readers about courageous women, including stone mirrors.

July 4, 1844september 17, 1907 was an american sculptor of africanamerican and native american heritage. She wants to outrun fury, or at least make a distance between herself and the poison spoken at oberlin. Stone mirrors the sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis by jeannine atkins. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis, jeannine atkins researched history and imagined a way through its gaps to write poems based on edmonia lewiss rise from a challenging past to international acclaim as a sculptor, with work now in the smithsonian american art museum, the metropolitan museum of art, and elsewhere. She lived and worked in the period right after the civil war.

The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis by jeannine atkins. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis hardcover january 10, 2017 by jeannine atkins author. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis, hardcover by atki. John mercer langston and the case of edmonia lewis. Lewis showed a plaster bust of colonel robert gould shaw at the boston soldiers relief fair in 1864.

The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis edmonia lewis was just such a sculptor, but she never spoke or wrote much about her past, and the stories that have come down through time are often vague or contradictory. Stone mirrors hardcover the sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis. Edmonia lewis studies faces for truth or lies, checks classrooms for safety or traps. Edmonia lewis s bust is of anna quincy waterstone on the right. Its the powerful and inspiring story of edmonia lewisa woman of africanhaitian and native american ojibwe descent, who is presented with the opportunity to study at a newly interracial oberlin college during the civil war years. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis by jeannine atkins 9781481459051 edmonia lewis was the first professional africanamerican sculptor. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis, finding wonders. Gr 9 upedmonia lewis was a sculptor of african american and native american descent who worked in the postcivil war era. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis by jeannine atkins hardback, 2017 at. A sculptor of historical figures starts with givens but creates her own vision. Atkins chose to write this searing biographical novel as a window into the difficult life of neoclassicist sculptor edmonia lewis.

Edmonia lewis was one of the first women of color to study art at oberlin college in 1859. The school is a shop where she cant buy, a supper shes never meant to taste, a holiday she cant celebrate though she doesnt want to be left out. Edmonia lewis was just such a sculptor, but she never spoke or wrote much about her past, and the stories that have come down through time are often vague or contradictory. Her father was black, and her mother was chippewa ojibwa indian. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis in 1863, edmonia lewis, a teenager who had an ojibwe mother and a father from haiti, was.

Some time back, a reader wrote to ask if id seen stone mirrors. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Atheneum books for young readers, 9781481459051, 176pp. Edmonia lewis was a noted africanamerican sculptor whose career begins in this verse novel set in the late 1800s. Jeannine atkins, stone mirrors porter square books.

Three girls who changed science, and the highly praised borrowed names. Jeannine atkins was known as one of the best authors in this world, many best books was written and always become popular books. Jeannine atkins, stone mirrors a sculptor of historical figures starts with givens but creates her own vision. Edmonia was the daughter of an ojibwe woman and an africanhaitian man. Shes sixteen, the daughter of an ojibwe woman and a free. This beautiful novelinverse has flown under the radar despite critical acclaim. While edmonia lewis is best known as a neoclassical sculptor as well as for her affiliation with oberlin college, details of her life remain a mystery. Edmonia lewis, the bust of robert gould shaw, 1867. Stone mirrors book the indianapolis public library. We know very little about edmonia lewis life story and so the author of this book chose to create a novel in verse so that she could fill the gaps in history with scenes and people born in her imagination. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis a sculptor of historical figures starts with givens but creates her own vision.

Her mother was a cherokee and her father was african american. Edmonia, who is of africanhaitian and ojibwe descent, is attending the newly racially integrated oberlin college in 1862. Jeannine atkins a biographical novel in verse of a half native american, half african american female sculptor, edmonia lewis, working in the years right after the civil war edmonia lewis never spoke or wrote. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis, and little woman in blue. From critically acclaimed author jeannine atkins comes a gorgeous, haunting biographical novel in. A woman of africanhaitian and ojibwe descent, she attended oberlin college in 1862, was expelled on trumpedup charges and, while working as. Her work, which features themes of freedom and abolition, became popular after the civil war and earned her numerous accolades. From critically acclaimed author jeannine atkins comes a gorgeous, ha.

Orphaned at an early age, lewis grew up in her mothers tribe where her life revolved around fishing, swimming, and making and selling crafts. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewisby jeannine atkinsatheneum books for young edmonia lewis became one of the most famous and. Lewis depicted african, africanamerican, and native american people in her work, and she is particularly recognized. Stone mirrors book by jeannine atkins official publisher page. Edmonia lewis was the first sculptor of african american and native american descent to achieve international recognition. Stone mirrors forbidden old branches crack as edmonia breaks a path through the woods. A biographical novel in verse of a half native american, half african american female sculptor, edmonia lewis, working in the years right after the civil war provided by publisher. Stone mirrors the sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis book.

Her work is known for incorporating themes relating to black people and indigenous. July 4, 1844 september 17, 1907 was an american sculptor who worked for most of her career in rome, italy. A biographical novel in verse of a half native american, half african american female sculptor, edmonia lewis, working in the years right after the civil war. Regardless of the lack of data, atkins offers a believable fictionalized biography in stone mirrors. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis, paperback by atki. Jeannine atkins, stone mirrors the odyssey bookshop. The sculpture and silence of edmonia lewis 9781481459051. Stone mirrors by jeannine atkins overdrive rakuten. Stone mirrors by jeannine atkins waking brain cells.

Edmonia was the daughter of an ojibwe woman and an africanhaitian. Stone mirrors ebook by jeannine atkins 9781481459075. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months. The open questions about edmonias life seem ideally suited to verse, a form that.