Publisher: Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon
Through poetry and fiction that engage the reader’s heart and
mind, Loretta Burns explores the beauties, perils, and mysteries of day
to day life. With a graceful simplicity of style and an often intimate
voice, she represents a range of experiences and observations that
include stories and memories of childhood, encounters with nature and
music, and poignant reminders of America’s racial history. With
delicate craftsmanship and an ear attuned to the eloquence of everyday
language, she moves from quiet contemplation to youthful exuberance and
from love to the pain of loss with sensitivity and
understanding. Implicit throughout is a resilient affirmation of the
fractured joy of being human.
£18.00
About the author
Loretta Burns is a professor emerita of English and a former department chair at Tuskegee University. An Alabama native, she received her bachelor’s degree from Tuskegee, her M.A. from Ohio State University, and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She has also studied at Columbia University and the Sorbonne and conducted research at Harvard and Yale Universities. She has held faculty positions at Fisk University, the University of Florida, and Washington University in St. Louis. She retired from Tuskegee University in 2016 after four decades of distinguished leadership and service.
Review
“Campground is a compendium of poetry and prose that revisits,
through memory, the days of yore. Human journey through life’s ups and
downs is mirrored through the poet’s experiences on a ‘campground.’ Campground,
though a familiar locale, is Loretta S. Burns’s reminder to the reader
of the memorable place and years during which life is always an ideal.
Loretta Burns’s collection is a beautiful tableau of a freshly sprung
spring flower wrapped in a beautiful city and lit with a big star.”
Bill F. Ndi, Poet & Professor of Creative Writing at Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA