Four Sisters and the Dance

Hermine Pinson has published three poetry collections, most recently Dolores is Blue/ Dolorez is Blues. She also released a CD, Changing the Changes in Poetry & Song, in special collaboration with Estella Majozo and Pulitzer-prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa. Pinson's poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals, including Poedia Mundo, Commonwealth: Contemporary Poets of Virginia, Callaloo, Verse, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, African American Review, Konch, and Melus. Her most recent short fiction appears in Richmond Noir, and her most recent critical work, a volume co-edited with Duriel Harrison appears in a special issue of Valley Voices. She is currently working on a memoir. She teaches creative writing and African American literature at the College of William and Mary.