Daphne's Lot
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"The masterful wedding of the narrative and the lyric in these poems (whose subject is the maturation of a sensibility, the coming-of-age of a young Englishwoman-the power of her ties to family, husband and her 'adopted' country, Nigeria-as well as the illumination of her own soul and that of the narrator's) fills the reader with both sorrow and wonder. It is an instructive tale for our age-its vision of the individual will and imagination resisting the madness of politics and the destruction of war is singular and profound."
-Carol Muske-Dukes
Book Details
- ISBN:
- 9781888996623
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 112
- Authors:
- Chris Abani
- Publisher:
- Red Hen Press
- Published Date:
- 2003-03-01
- Language:
- English
About the poet
Chris Abani is a novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. Originally from Afikpo, Nigeria, Albani earned a BA in English from Imo State University, Nigeria; an MA in English, Gender and Culture from Birkbeck College, University of London; and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. He is the author of several books of poetry, including Sanctificum (2010) and works of fiction such as The Secret History of Las Vegas (2014). As a writer in Nigeria's military dictatorship, Abani was imprisoned multiple times. Albani's perspective and resilience is revealing. "The art is never about what you write about. The art is about how you write about what you write about. I was a writer before I was in prison."
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Chris Abani is a novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. Originally from Afikpo, Nigeria, Albani earned a BA in English from Imo State University, Nigeria; an MA in English, Gender and Culture from Birkbeck College, University of London; and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. He is the author of several books of poetry, including Sanctificum (2010) and works of fiction such as The Secret History of Las Vegas (2014). As a writer in Nigeria's military dictatorship, Abani was imprisoned multiple times. Albani's perspective and resilience is revealing. "The art is never about what you write about. The art is about how you write about what you write about. I was a writer before I was in prison."
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