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Horse In The Dark By Vievee Francis

Vievee Francis

"There is sweetness, oh yes, there is, like a thin pistil of honeysuckle

gone almost as soon as it's sucked"



Vievee Francis, from Horse in the Dark



Vievee Francis, is the author of two books: Blue-Tail Fly (Wayne State University, 2006) and Horse in the Dark (Northwestern University Press, forthcoming 8/31/2012). Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including Best American Poetry 2010. She is currently an Associate Editor for Callaloo.

She reads "Smoke Under the Veil," "Creation Myth," "Horse in the Dark," and "Still Life in White with Freemen and Dust for George Francis, Jr., 1922-2009."

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