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“Grandmother Anna Belle Lee: ‘Chile, they got some of us everywhere.’ Thus began my wanderlust.”
“McElroy, a poet (What Madness Brought Me Here, Univ. of New England, 1990) and teacher (English, Univ. of Washington), turns her attention to her travels in this varied collection of essays and poetry. She includes anecdotes from her childhood in St. Louis and homage to role models such as Josephine Baker and Ethel Waters, who helped prepare her for her life of travel. Then she hits the road, starting with Route 66 and venturing over the years to most parts of the world. Her work takes the form of an interior memoir rather than a guidebook. A useful addition to collections of African American literature and culture.” —Library Journal
“McElroy, a poet (What Madness Brought Me Here, Univ. of New England, 1990) and teacher (English, Univ. of Washington), turns her attention to her travels in this varied collection of essays and poetry. She includes anecdotes from her childhood in St. Louis and homage to role models such as Josephine Baker and Ethel Waters, who helped prepare her for her life of travel. Then she hits the road, starting with Route 66 and venturing over the years to most parts of the world. Her work takes the form of an interior memoir rather than a guidebook. A useful addition to collections of African American literature and culture.” —Library Journal
Price: $18.00
Pages: 200
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Imprint: Coffee House Press
Publication Date:
01 April 1997
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781566890595
Format: Paperback
“McElroy’s travel memoirs presents a black woman’s experiences with world travel, creating not a dry observational piece but a spirited focus on a heritage of travel and a woman’s search for adventures and cultural insights. The result is unique to travel literature—and contains much food for thought.” —Midwest Book Review
“This stunning collage of travel memoirs by one of America’s classiest, sassiest poets puts the lust back into wanderlust.” —Al Young
“A delicious collection of rich wanderings.” —Naomi Shihab Nye
“Like Keats, Colleen J. McElroy makes readers long for the deep-delved earth, flora, and the country green.” —Sam Pickering
“High-spirited, fresh and beautifully written. . . . This is no ordinary travel book.” —Publishers Weekly
“A lovely, lyrical memoir of an African-American woman’s travels through life. . . . McElroy finds much that is amusing, thought-provoking, poignant, and above all beautiful.” —Kirkus
“This stunning collage of travel memoirs by one of America’s classiest, sassiest poets puts the lust back into wanderlust.” —Al Young
“A delicious collection of rich wanderings.” —Naomi Shihab Nye
“Like Keats, Colleen J. McElroy makes readers long for the deep-delved earth, flora, and the country green.” —Sam Pickering
“High-spirited, fresh and beautifully written. . . . This is no ordinary travel book.” —Publishers Weekly
“A lovely, lyrical memoir of an African-American woman’s travels through life. . . . McElroy finds much that is amusing, thought-provoking, poignant, and above all beautiful.” —Kirkus
Colleen J. McElroy (1935-2023)was an American poet, short storywriter, editor, and memoirist.