| Black + Blues Revised Edition Contributor(s): Brathwaite, Kamau (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811213137 ISBN-13: 9780811213134 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1995 Annotation: Kamau Brathwaite, who won the 1994 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, has revised his celebrated 1979 Casa de las Americas collection, Black + Blues, for its first edition by a U.S. publisher. A rich and beautiful collection, Black + Blues is cast in three parts - "Fragments", "Drought", and "Flowers". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 811 |
| LCCN: 95034695 |
| Series: New Directions Paperbook |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.21" W x 7.97" (0.19 lbs) 70 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A collection of poems includes Fetish, Totem, Caliban, Springblade, Bread, Xango, and Koker. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brathwaite, Kamau: - Kamau Brathwaite was born in Barbados in 1930. Co-founder of the Caribbean Artists Movement, Brathwaite has received numerous awards, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the Casa de las Americas Prize. He is currently a professor of comparative literature at New York University, and shares his time between CowPastor, Barbados, and New York City. |