Author of eight volumes of poetry, Thylias Moss is a writer who continually challenges the reader to have dynamic thoughts -- to be able to see situations from multiple angles simultaneously; more than negative capability; the holding of three or more -- especially in regards to race relations.
Her poems include "Lunchcounter Freedom," about the 60's lunch-counter sit-ins and "Interpretation of a Poem by Frost" where she reimagines "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening" through the eyes of a black girl who knows she's stopping in Jim Crow's woods; though there is no indication his house is in the village.
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