Description |
xi, 105 pages ; 23 cm |
Summary |
This is Abani's fifth collection of poetry. Utilizing religious ritual, the Nigerian Igbo language, and reggae rhythms, Abani creates a post-racial, liturgical love song that covers the globe from Abuja to Los Angeles and explores the charged intersections of atrocity and love, politics and religion, loss and renewal. |
Contents |
Om -- Sacrament -- Divination -- A letter to Robert Pinsky : -- Revenant -- Elephants -- Dear Derek Walcott, Patron Saint of shipwrecked poets : -- Descent -- Dear Kimiko Hahn : -- Processional -- God's country -- Pilgrimage -- Benediction -- Histories -- Dear Yusef Komunyakaa : -- Dew -- Nomad -- Renewal. |
Subject |
English poetry -- 21st century.
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ISBN |
9781556593161 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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1556593163 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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