What has the author Ovid Williams Pierce written?

Ovid Williams Pierce (1921-2006) was an American writer, poet, and educator who was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He is best known for his work as a poet, and he received numerous awards for his poetry, including the National Endowment for the Arts award and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. He also worked as a professor of English at Cornell University.

Here is a list of some of his published works:

- Poetry

- "On the Bus with Rosa Parks" (1981)

- "The Last Stand of the Mississippi Blues" (1978)

- "The Brownsville Raid" (1973)

- "In Chains" (1965)

- Novels

- "The Plantation" (1948)

- "The Devil Makes Sunday" (1951)

- "The Hobo" (1957)

- Short Stories

- "The Pigs" (1950)

- "He Never Came Back" (1960)

- "The Trial of the Pig and Other Short Stories" (2004)

- Nonfiction

- "The History of Cornell University" (1970)

- "Afro-American Roots in Classical Civilization" (1976)

- "Black America: The Early Years, 1790-1845" (1971)