The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion by Kei Miller

The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion by Kei Miller

In this collection, acclaimed Jamaican poet Kei Miller dramatizes what happens when one system of knowledge, one method of understanding place and territory, comes up against another. We watch as the cartographer, used to the scientific methods of assuming control over a place by mapping it, is gradually compelled to recognize--even to envy--a wholly different understanding of place, as he tries to map his way to the rastaman's eternal city of Zion. As the book unfolds the cartographer learns that, on this island of roads that constrict like throats, every place-name comes freighted with history, and not every place that can be named can be found.

"Raise high the roofbeams, here comes a strong new presence in poetry.. Kei Miller's voice speaks and sings with rare confidence and authority." --Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and professor, University of Michigan

Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978 and has written several books across a range of genres. His 2014 collection, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, won the Forward Prize for Best Collection while his 2017 Novel, Augustown, won the Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Prix Les Afriques, and the Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde. He is also an award-winning essayist. In 2010, the Institute of Jamaica awarded him the Silver Musgrave medal for his contributions to Literature and in 2018 he was awarded the Anthony Sabga medal for Arts & Letters. Kei has an MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University and a PhD in English Literature from the University of Glasgow. He has taught at the Universities of Glasgow, Royal Holloway and Exeter. He is the 2019 Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor to the University of Iowa and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Author photo © Christine Fourie. Kei Miller has a page on the Poetry Archive website, where you can listen to recordings of his poetry and access other useful resources. Click here.

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ISBN 13	9781847772671
ISBN 10	1847772676
Title	The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion
Author	Kei Miller
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Carcanet Press Ltd
Year published	2014-05-30
Number of pages	80
Prizes	Short-listed for Forward Poetry Prize: Best Collection 2014, Short-listed for Costa Poetry Award 2014
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.