82nd Division - Couverture souple

Aderibigbe, D.M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1636142427 ISBN 13 : 9781636142425

Editeur : Akashic Books,U.S., 2025

Synopsis

THE POEMS IN 82ND DIVISION, written in various poetic forms such as the villanelle, sonnet, blues poem, duplex, ode, and dramatic monologue, among many others, are collectively a love song to the author's native Nigeria--a former British colony. In the book, whose title poem chronicles the lives of West African soldiers who fought alongside the British in World War II, Aderibigbe examines his homeland's colonized past with brutal clarity and striking musicality, and considers how this past continues to shape every facet of his life and contemporary Nigerian life--be it the holidays that are celebrated, the preferred language of interaction among peers and friends, how a mother expresses love to her child, or the type of movies and snacks consumed.

Beyond its thematic unity, lustrous language, and formal virtuosity, this sparkling collection is tied together by Aderibigbe's graceful exploration of the humanity of the people, landscape, and histories that populate the book's pages.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

D.M. ADERIBIGBE was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. He is the author of How the End First Showed, winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry. He has received fellowships and scholarships from the Mississippi Arts Commission, Sewanee Writers' Conference, the James Merrill House, Provincetowns Fine Arts Work Center, Art Omi/Ledig House, Ucross Foundation, Jentel Foundation, and Boston University. His poems have appeared in Tatu: New-Generation African Poets, a Chapbook Box Set, the Atlantic, the Nation, Ploughshares, the Southern Review, and New England Review, among others. Aderibigbe is an assistant professor in the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Akashic Books,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1636142427
• ISBN 13: 9781636142425
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
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• Personne responsable: non disponible