Displace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono - Couverture souple

Otiono, Nduka

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1771125381 ISBN 13 : 9781771125383

Editeur : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2021

Synopsis

DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono engages actively with a diasporic world: Otiono is equally at home critiquing petroculture in Nigeria and in Canada. His work straddles multiple poetic traditions and places African intellectual history at the forefront of an engagement with Western poetics.

The poems in this selection are drawn from Otiono's two published collections, Voices in the Rainbow, and Love in a Time of Nightmares, and the volume includes previously unpublished new poems. Peter Midgley's introduction contextualizes Otiono's work within the frame of physical and spiritual mobility, diaspora, and newer critical frames like Afropolitanism, attending to form as well as his political engagement. The volume concludes with an interview of the poet by Chris Dunton that touches on the nature of poetry, language loss, and diasporic identities.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Nduka Otiono is an Associate Professor of African Studies and English at Carleton University in Ottawa. Formerly a journalist and General Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Authors, his publications include two poetry books and a collection of short stories, The Night Hides with a Knife, winner of the ANA/Spectrum Prize for fiction.

Peter Midgley is an independent scholar, writer, and editor. He is the author twelve books for children and adults, including three volumes of poetry. His latest book of poetry, let us not think of them as barbarians, was shortlisted for the Writers' Guild of Alberta's Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1771125381
• ISBN 13: 9781771125383
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 88
• Éditeur: Midgley Peter
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible