I Heard God Talking to Me

William Edmondson and His Stone Carvings

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I Heard God Talking to Me

William Edmondson and His Stone Carvings

1st ed.
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As his sculptures introduce themselves, African American artist and Tennessee native William Edmondson, who lived during the first half of the twentieth century, recounts episodes from his life, including how God called him toward his vocation of stone carving.

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Language
English
Pages
56

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Cover of: I Heard God Talking to Me
I Heard God Talking to Me: William Edmondson and His Stone Carvings
January 20, 2009, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Frances Foster Books
Hardcover in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: I heard God talking to me
I heard God talking to me: William Edmondson and his stone carvings
2009, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st ed.

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Published in

New York, USA

Edition Notes

"Frances Foster books."

Genre
Juvenile fiction., Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.S7568 Iaj 2009, PZ7.S7568Iaj 2009, PS3569.P554 I5 2009

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
56p.
Number of pages
56

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18533902M
Internet Archive
iheardgodtalking00spir
ISBN 10
0374335281
ISBN 13
9780374335281
LCCN
2008002343
OCLC/WorldCat
213598395
Library Thing
7726142
Goodreads
5558586

Work Description

One night in the early 1930s, William Edmondson, the son of former slaves and a janitor in Nashville, Tennessee, heard God speaking to him. And so he began to carve—tombstones, birdbaths, and stylized human figures, whose spirits seemed to emerge fully formed from the stone. Soon Edmondson's talents caught the eye of prominent members of the art world, and in 1937 he became the first black artist to have a solo exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Here, in twenty-three free-verse poems, award-winning poet Elizabeth Spires gives voice to Edmondson and his creations, which tell their individual stories with wit and passion. With stunning photographs, including ten archival masterpieces by Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Edward Weston, this is a compelling portrait of a truly original American artist.

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