This Thing That Is not a Thing

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

This Thing That Is Not a Thing says a lot with little. Economy of words in fine, colourful form, these poems by Paulette A. Ramsay prompt the reader to question human perception ways of seeing the world and ways people view each other. Weaving the everyday with the extraordinary, heaviness of heart with humour, grief and gratitude, This Thing That Is Not a Thing centres absence absence of voice, of persons, of trust and affection showing how silence, in particular, shapes experience and expression.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-02-19
Mått:140 x 216 x 3 mm
Vikt:80 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:52
Förlag:Canoe Press
ISBN:9789766530259

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Mer om författaren

Paulette A. Ramsay is Senior Lecturer in Spanish, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. She is an interdisciplinary academic who has published widely in the areas of Afro- Hispanic literature and culture.

Recensioner i media

The collection demonstrates how both speech and silence function as limited articulations of a woman's being. Taking rites of passages as important tropes of loss and recollection, Ramsay exposes the tensions and risks of being both outspoken and silent. The poems invite the reader to experience the absence of any safe ground of being."" - Lisa Brown, Lecturer, Department of Literatures in English, the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

Innehållsförteckning

This Thing That Is Not a ThingI Know I'm Not Supposed to Tell YouWhen Women Don't SpeakI Do Not Want to Do ItThornbirdIf You Couldputting brakes on meYou Disturbed My Dreamsguilty loveThe LibraryThe Mother of an Addict SpeaksHuman RightsJamaican Ugly Man SyndromeMarcus Garvey in CubaIf Nicolás Guillén Came to Cuba TodayYou are Not a Bright SocialistMemories of My GirlhoodYour Planwhen ooman badmindedTek Back Yuh Ole BrukQuestions for a Departed Loved OneMy Uncle Said Goodbye TodayThis Thing That Is a ThingThings Black and BeautifulSelf-LiberationPrayer for Our WorldDaily PrayerThe Love of GodRequiem for a VictorAcknowledgements