Controlling the SilverRenowned 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. |
Contents
Hosay | 25 |
Where the Flora of Our Village Came from | 39 |
River Mumma | 53 |
May Be Reborn As Keke | 59 |
Controlling the Silver | 65 |
Your Ice Art Michigan | 72 |
Hard Food | 78 |
The Liberator Speaks | 84 |
Half Moon Bay | 90 |
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