Lorna Goodison

Broschiertes Buch

Redemption Ground: Essays and Adventures

Beschreibung

In her first-ever collection of essays, poet and novelist Lorna Goodison interweaves the personal and political to explore themes that have occupied her working life: her love of poetry and the arts, colonialism and its legacy, racism and social justice, authenticity, and the enduring power of friendship.

Autor

Lorna Goodison is the author of nine collections of poetry, threecollections of short stories and an award-winning memoir, From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her People. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica in 2017 and will serve until 2020. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Musgrave Gold Medal, the Henry Russel Award for Exceptional Creative Work, and the British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. Her poetry has been included in major anthologies and collections of contemporary poetry over the past twenty-five years. Her work has been translated into many languages, and she has been a central figure at literary festivals throughout the world. Born in Jamaica, Lorna Goodison now divides her time between Canada and the US where she teaches at the University of Michigan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Myriad Editions
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 130mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 174g
• ISBN-13: 9781912408139
• ISBN-10: 1912408139
• Artikelnr.: 52211747