Poetry Caribbean & Latin American
The Gift of Screws
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2008
- Category
- Caribbean & Latin American
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781845230050
- Publish Date
- Aug 2008
- List Price
- $20.95
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Description
The personal and political experiences and passions of a third-world immigrant are powerfully expressed in this collection of poems. Negotiating the path between belonging and freedom, many poems convey a deep need to wander, reject the tribalism of nostalgia for one ethnic group or another, and express a keen ear for the demotic rhythms of Caribbean speech.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Brian Chan is a musician, painter, and art gallery curator. His poetry collection Thief with Leaf won the Guyana Prize, and his poetry has been collected in the Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse.