| Ban En Banlieue Contributor(s): Kapil, Bhanu (Author) |
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ISBN: 1937658244 ISBN-13: 9781937658243 Publisher: Nightboat Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - Asian American - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 7.5" (0.40 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An evocative exploration of body and politics by one of our most exciting innovative writers. Bhanu Kapil's Ban en Banlieue follows a brown (black) girl as she walks home from school in the first moments of a riot. An April night in London, in 1979, is the axis of this startling work of overlapping arcs and varying approaches. By the end of the night, Ban moves into an incarnate and untethered presence, becoming all matter-- soot, meat, diesel oil and force--as she loops the city with the energy of global weather. Derived from performances in India, England and throughout the U.S., Ban en Banlieue is written at the limit of somatic and civic aims. |