Come Out the Wilderness

At the intersection of poetry and politics, race and gender, analysis and feeling lies this telling memoir from Estella Conwill Majozo, first published in hardcover in 1999. Booklist declared, "Majozo's poetic abilities are evident in this memoir of her development as a black woman and an artist.... (She) writes knowingly of coming through a wilderness mined with racial, sexual, and social restrictions".

Come Out the Wilderness traces the journey of this African American poet, performance artist, community arts activist, teacher, and single mother from her childhood in the "Little Africa" section of segregated Louisville, Kentucky, through the trials of an abusive marriage to the triumph of earning one of the first Ph.D.s awarded in African American literature. Estella Conwill Majozo's memoir testifies to the importance of a life lived in pursuit of spiritual growth, cultural heritage, and personal integrity.