Fuchsia

Mahtem Shiferraw (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

108 Seiten

2016
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-0-8032-8556-9 (ISBN)

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Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Ethiopian American Mahtem Shiferraw’s Fuchsia examines conceptions of the displaced, disassembled, and nomadic self. Embedded in her poems are colours, elements, and sensations that evoke painful memories related to deep-seated remnants of trauma, war, and diaspora.

Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Ethiopian American Mahtem Shiferraw's Fuchsia examines conceptions of the displaced, disassembled, and nomadic self. Embedded in her poems are colors, elements, and sensations that evoke painful memories related to deep-seated remnants of trauma, war, and diaspora. Yet rooted in these losses and dangers also lie opportunities for mending and reflecting, evoking a distinct sense of hope. Elegant and traditional, the poems in Fuchsia examine what it means to both recall the past and continue onward with a richer understanding.

Mahtem Shiferraw is a native of Ethiopia and Eritrea and now lives in Los Angeles, California. Her work has appeared in Mandala Journal, Callaloo, Luna Luna Magazine, Cactus Heart Press, Blast Furnace, and Mad Hatters' Review.

Foreword by Kwame Dawes
Acknowledgments
Fuchsia
Origins & Intersections
E is for Eden
How to Peel Cactus Fruit
Something Sleeps in the Mud Beds of the Nile
Twenty Questions for Your Mother
While Weeping (Broadway & 5th)
The Monster
Talks about Race
Sleeping with Hyenas
She says they come at night . . .
Water
Polka Dot Dreams
Blood Disparities
Synesthesia
Listro (Shoe-Shiner)
Pilgrimage to the Nile
Dinner with Uncles
In the Lion’s Den
Daisies & Death
Something Familiar and Freezing
A Dead Man’s List
Dialectics of Death
Being a Woman
Rumors
Visitor
Broken Men
Song of the Dead
Awakening
Statues
Kalashnikovs
The Language of Hair
Small Tragedies
4AM
Dear Abahagoy-
Effervescence
Ode to Things Torn
Plot Line
A Secret Lull

Erscheinungsdatum	29.02.2016
Reihe/Serie	African Poetry Book
Vorwort	Kwame Dawes
Verlagsort	Lincoln
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
ISBN-10	0-8032-8556-6 / 0803285566
ISBN-13	978-0-8032-8556-9 / 9780803285569
Zustand	Neuware