Controlling the Silver by Lorna Goodison

Controlling the Silver by Lorna Goodison

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A new collection of elegies and praise songs which explore the close link between history and genealogy in the Caribbean experience

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Controlling the Silver by Lorna Goodison

Renowned poet Lorna Goodison has written a new collection of elegies and praise songs which explore the close link between history and genealogy in the Caribbean experience. Her subjects range from the economic genius of market women to the complex beauty of the natural world.
"A poetry that is both innocently free-ranging and intellectually sharp, sensuously abundant yet elegantly restrained" Times Literary Supplement "Superlatives glint all over commentary on Lorna Goodison's work these days. She is now 'one of the greatest!,' 'one of the most important,' 'a singular voice,' 'a poet of great stature' and of course 'one of the best writing in English today.' She deserves all of this... She is solidly located in the trinity of Caribbean writing. It is now, officially, Walcott, Braithwaite and Goodison." Kwame Dawes, Caribbean Writer "A world class writer." Globe and Mail
Lorna Goodison is an associate professor of English at the University of Michigan. Her work appears in the new Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, and her honors include the Musgrave Gold Medal from the Institute of Jamaica and the prestigious Henry Russel Award from the University of Michigan. Her previous books include To Us, All Flowers are Roses, Turn Thanks, and Travelling Mercies.
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ISBN 13 9780252072123
ISBN 10 025207212X
Title Controlling the Silver
Author Lorna Goodison
Series Illinois Poetry Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Year published 2004-10-13
Number of pages 120
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