9 rows · · The Birds of Opulence is a magical, lyrical novel by award-winning author Crystal Wilkinson. Brand: University Press of Kentucky. 8 rows · · The Birds of Opulence. Crystal Wilkinson. University Press of Kentucky, - /5(2). · In The Birds of Opulence, Crystal Wilkinson takes the reader to a home in small town Opulence, Kentucky inhabited by four generations of Black women: great grandma Minnie Mae, Grandma Tookie, Mama Lucy, and baby of the family, Yolanda. Each woman is touched by trauma or mental illness, having either caused it or grappled with it their entire lives/5.
"Crystal Wilkinson's Opulence, Kentucky, is small geographically and in population, but the novel's concerns are large―life, death, love, betrayal, despair The Birds of Opulence is categorically lyrical. On the surface, one can hear echoes of predecessors such as Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison. In The Birds of Opulence, Crystal Wilkinson has told a story with a true Kentucky voice."—Louisville Courier Journal. "Praised for its lyrical expression, this Thus, in The Birds of Opulence, Wilkinson recreates a nuclear family that is literally the beating heart of eco-feminism with all its squash patches. Ap. The Birds of Opulence by Crystal Wilkinson is the kind of book you want to finish but don't want to end. I read it slowly forcing myself to stop reading after a few pages each day, so I could stay immersed in the story just a little longer and yet the story pulled me back.
A lyrical exploration of love and loss, The Birds of Opulence centers on several generations of women in a bucolic southern black township as they live with and sometimes surrender to madness. LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 7, ) — Crystal Wilkinson is an associate professor of English at the University of Kentucky and an award-winning author. Her novel, "The Birds of Opulence," was the winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence. She is also the author of "Water Street" and "Blackberries, Blackberries.". In The Birds of Opulence, Crystal Wilkinson takes the reader to a home in small town Opulence, Kentucky inhabited by four generations of Black women: great grandma Minnie Mae, Grandma Tookie, Mama Lucy, and baby of the family, Yolanda. Each woman is touched by trauma or mental illness, having either caused it or grappled with it their entire lives.
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