A Temple Born

About the Book

Cheryl Farris is a new voice on the landscape of American poets. Creating from a female, African American, and simply human scope; her poetic voice is diverse.

"What a total joy to read, re-read, absorb and feel the poetry of A TEMPLE BORN. I've been reading Cheryl Farris since her college days…it ever more becomes an emerging truth."
—Nikki Giovanni
Poet Author

"There are poets who ignore the courtesy of universality and direct their words to the particulars of the human condition. There are poems that rebel against the limitations of language and speak their own truths, like jazz refusing to be defined or contained. These are the poems of Cheryl Farris."
—Thomas Meloncon
Playwright/Poet

About the Author

Cheryl Farris is a Houston native. Educated at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. She has lived various places in the United States. She has also lived in Darmstadt, Germany and traveled several European countries. A Temple Born is her most recent book of poetry.