Who wrote, "In the summer of 1974 I had begun a series of seven poems. . . .which were to explore the realities of seven differe
nt kinds of women. They were numbered pieces: the women were to be nameless and assume hegemony as dictated by the fullness of their lives. I was smitten by my own language."?
Answer: The Amen Corner addresses themes of the role of the church in the African-American family, the complex relationship between religion and earthly love, and the effect of a poverty born of racial prejudice on the African-American community.
