description: A debut novel by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. When a woman returns to her Midwestern hometown as an artist-in-residence to teach puppetry to schoolchildren, her homecoming also means dealing with memories of racism, rejected love--and truths about her family. Author readings.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Through the Ivory Gate
titlecomplete: Through the Ivory Gate
genres: Classics, African American, Novels, Poetry, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 79
publisher: Random House Value Publishing