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In a Boston
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Sasenarine Persaud |
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Poetry
ISBN:
9781894770491
$16.95 $13.56
Paperback
88 pages
Published 2008 |
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| From the very first piece in this
collection, the title poem "In a Boston Night," Sasenarine
Persaud signals a return to the passionate and sensuous.
Boston, the focal point, is like a needle
hole though which the poet deftly threads his reflections about
places, events, and histories: a conflict between Anglo- and
Franco-Canadians at a Brookline art exhibition; Georgetown and
Mumbai; Tampa and Toronto; the "Boston Tea Party' as a symbol of
resistance to American English, subtly underlined by the
description of a Walcott reading in an overflowing university
hall.
This is a fine, multilayered collection
of poems by an important and accomplished contemporary poet.
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"[Persaud's] poetry [is] timeless in
nature in its discussions of sensuality, love and mourning, but
also modern for its interspersion of technology and discussion
of contemporary politics. . . refreshingly sensual and
realistic."
-- Kavita Ramdia, News India Times
"Each poem, held on the tongue,tastes true--he's one of those rare poets who gets the recipe of humanness exactly right"
--Canadian Literature
"a richly nuanced, multilayered collection of voices"
--Confluence
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 SASENARINE
PERSAUD is the author of three books of fiction and six
collections of poetry. His awards include: the Arthur Schomburg
Award for his contribution to Caribbean Literature; the K. M.
Hunter Foundation Award; and fellowship awards from the
University of Miami and Boston University. He was born in Guyana
and has lived for several years in Canada.
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Also by Sasenarine Persaud
 Canada
Geese and Apple Chatney
Fiction / Stories
ISBN:
978-0-920661-72-7
$15.95, paper, 168 pages
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