Pitch Lake - Couverture souple

Bagoo, Andre

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845233530 ISBN 13 : 9781845233532

Editeur : Peepal Tree Press Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Divided into two sections under the subtitles, Pitch and Lake, Andre Bagoo s poems explore the multiple resonances of the words, where pitch signifies both the stickiness of memory the way the La Brea Pitch Lake is a place where "buried trees [are] born again" and the idea of scattering: of places and impressions and the effort to hold them in one vision. The first part brings together poems that encompass reflections on art; Trinidad as a fallen Eden with its history of slavery and the inhumanity of "cachots brulants"; Black Lives Matter; visits to Britain and the image of cows "straight out of Hardy" and poems about finding love in a climate of homophobia. Poems with an elaborated discursive structure sit next to little imagist poems written in response to Trinidad s disappearing fauna and threatened eco-system.

The second part, Lake, is a sequence of prose poems, varying in length, some surreal, suggestive rather than explicit, presenting subtly dislocated narratives that, even in a short space, disrupt the reader s expectations of where they are heading. In their brevity, these prose pieces offer surfaces, like that of a lake, that invite the reader to wonder what lies underneath but warn that this is not necessarily what is most predictable.

In Pitch Lake, Andre Bagoo, author of the Bocas prize shortlisted poetry collection, Burn, displays a continuing commitment to exploration and experiment

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andre Bagoo is a Trinidadian poet and journalist. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals including: Almost Island, Draconian Switch, The Caribbean Review of Books, Caribbean Writer, Word Riot, Boston Review, St Petersburg Review and elsewhere. In 2005, Andre was shortlisted for a Derek Walcott Writing Prize. His first collection of poems, Trick Vessels (2012), and his latest collection, Burn (2015), are both published by Shearsman Books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peepal Tree Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845233530
• ISBN 13: 9781845233532
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 78
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible