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Controlling the Silver
Lorna Goodison
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Description for Controlling the Silver
Paperback. A new collection of elegies and praise songs which explore the close link between history and genealogy in the Caribbean experience Series: Illinois Poetry. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 9. Weight in Grams: 177.
Renowned poet Lorna Goodison has written a new collection of elegies and praise songs which explore the close link between history and genealogy in the Caribbean experience. Her subjects range from the economic genius of market women to the complex beauty of the natural world.
Renowned poet Lorna Goodison has written a new collection of elegies and praise songs which explore the close link between history and genealogy in the Caribbean experience. Her subjects range from the economic genius of market women to the complex beauty of the natural world.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Series
Illinois Poetry
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252072123
SKU
V9780252072123
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99-24
About Lorna Goodison
Lorna Goodison is an associate professor of English at the University of Michigan. Her work appears in the new Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, and her honors include the Musgrave Gold Medal from the Institute of Jamaica and the prestigious Henry Russel Award from the University of Michigan. Her previous books include To Us, All Flowers are Roses, ... Read more
Reviews for Controlling the Silver
"A poetry that is both innocently free-ranging and intellectually sharp, sensuously abundant yet elegantly restrained." Times Literary Supplement "Superlatives glint all over commentary on Lorna Goodison's work these days. She is now 'one of the greatest!,' 'one of the most important,' 'a singular voice,' 'a poet of great stature' and of course 'one of the best writing in English today.' ... Read more