Wheatley At 250: Black Women Poets Reimagine The Verse Of Phillis Wheatley Peters From Pangyrus (2023), Edited By Danielle Legros Georges And Artress Bethany White, Represents A Translating Of Wheatley's 18th -century Poems For The 21 St -century Reader By Noted Contemporary Poets. This Project Coincides With The 250th Anniversary Of The Appearance Of Phillis Wheatley Peters's Book Poems On Various Subjects, Religious And Moral. Published In London On September 1, 1773, It Is Widely Believed To Be The First Book By A Black Woman In America. Authors Includetracy K. Smith, Sharan Strange, L'merchie Frazier, Janice Lowe, Harryette Mullen, Aracelis Girmay, Shara Mccallum, Donika Kelly, Evie Shockley, Tara Betts, Mahogany Browne, And Kiki Petrosino. Each Poet's New/reinscribed Poem Is Set Next To Original Wheatley Poem, And Is Accompanied By A Brief Compositional Note Speaks To The Poet's Approach In Creating The New Work. The Anthology's Goal Is To Help Make Wheatley's Work (in Addition To Her Extraordinary Biography And Place In Us And Global Letters) Better Known, Better Referenced, More Impactful-- Provided By Publisher.