I Have Crossed an Ocean: Selected Poems - Couverture souple

Nichols, Grace

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1852248580 ISBN 13 : 9781852248581

Editeur : Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Grace Nichols' poetry has a gritty lyricism that addresses the transatlantic connections central to the Caribbean-British experience. Her work brings a mythic awareness and a sensuous musicality that is at the same time disquieting. Born and educated in Guyana, Grace Nichols moved to Britain in 1977." I Have Crossed an Ocean" is a comprehensive selection spanning some 25 years of her writing.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Born in Guyana, Grace Nichols has lived in Britain since 1977. Her first collection, I is a Long Memoried Woman (1983) won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. Her later poetry collections - published by Virago - include The Fat Black Woman's Poems (1984), Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Woman (1989), Sunris (1996), winner of the Guyana Prize, and Startling the Flying Fish (2006), poems which tell the story of the Caribbean, along with numerous poetry books for younger readers, including Come on into My Tropical Garden (1988), Give Yourself a Hug (1994) and Everybody Got a Gift (2005). She has published two books with Bloodaxe, her latest collection, Picasso, I Want My Face Back (2009), and I Have Crossed an Ocean: Selected Poems (2010), published on the occasion of her 60th birthday. She lives in Sussex with the poet John Agard and their family.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1852248580
• ISBN 13: 9781852248581
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
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