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Review: The Short Life of a Formerly Enslaved Poet

The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley tells the story of early America's "African poetess."

Katherine Mangu-Ward | From the July 2026 issue

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Brought from Africa at age 7, Phillis Wheatley demanded and received........

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