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Format	Paperback / softback
Published	February 2, 2021
ISBN-13	9780819567468
Language	English
Pages	152
Height	8.25 Inches (US)
Width	7.00 Inches (US)
Unit weight	.7 Pounds (US)
List Prices	$17.95 USD, £13.50 GBP
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Format	Electronic book text
Published	February 9, 2021
ISBN-13	9780819580559
Language	English
Pages	152
Height	8.25 Inches (US)
Width	7.00 Inches (US)
List Prices	$14.99 USD, £10.95 GBP
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Born to Slow Horses

Name: Born to Slow Horses
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Author: Kamau Brathwaite
ISBN: 9780819567468

By Kamau Brathwaite

Wesleyan University Press

New work by the co-founder of the Caribbean Artists Movement

Winner of the Griffin International Poetry Prize (2006)

Kamau Brathwaite's Born to Slow Horses is a series of poetic meditations on islands and exile, language and ritual, and the force of personal and historical passions and griefs. These poems are haunted, figuratively and literally, by spirits of the African diaspora and drenched in the colors, sounds, and rhythms of the islands. But they also encompass the world of the exile and return, and the events of 9/11 in New York City. Brathwaite is one of the foremost voices in postcolonial inquiry and expression, and his poetry is densely rooted and expansive.

Using his unusual "sycorax" signature typography and spelling, Brathwaite brings a cultural specificity, with distinct accents, sonic gestures, and pronunciations, into his pages—making them new, exciting, and rich in nuances.

About the Author

KAMAU BRATHWAITE (1930–2020) was an internationally celebrated poet, performer, and cultural theorist. He won numerous awards, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the Griffin Poetry Prize. A retired professor of comparative literature at New York University, Brathwaite lived in CowPastor, Barbados.

Reviews

"If...we believe that poetry must move the reader on an intellectual and visceral level, so that the reader is inspired to return to it and re-read again and again, then Born to Slow Horses promises to stand the test of time."—Harold Heft, The Gazette, Montreal

Endorsements

"It is Kamau Brathwaite whose work, more than that of any Caribbean poet since Cesar Vallejo (in translation), is influencing the future of poetry written in English. Disinterested in derivative European meters and themes, Brathwaite delivers a piping body of work characterized by innovation in typography, diction, form, and prosody. The news-flash contemporaneity of his subject material, the complexly counterpointed musical phrasing, and his tempestuous, politically incisive wordplay collaborate to invest his poems with an unparalleled exigency. Born to Slow Horses is a fast, breathless ride."—Forrest Gander

"Those who lament that the Age of Giants is over have evidently never read Kamau Brathwaite. His is not the poetry of one man in the world but of an entire world in one man."—Eliot Weinberger

Publisher	Wesleyan University Press
Series	Wesleyan Poetry Series
BISAC Subject Headings	POETRY / General (322 Titles) HISTORY / Latin America / General (72 Titles)
BIC Subject Headings	Poetry by individual poets (78 Titles)

Format	Paperback / softback
Published	February 2, 2021
ISBN-13	9780819567468
Language	English
Pages	152
Height	8.25 Inches (US)
Width	7.00 Inches (US)
Unit weight	.7 Pounds (US)
List Prices	$17.95 USD, £13.50 GBP
ONIX	v2.1 Reference

Format	Electronic book text
Published	February 9, 2021
ISBN-13	9780819580559
Language	English
Pages	152
Height	8.25 Inches (US)
Width	7.00 Inches (US)
List Prices	$14.99 USD, £10.95 GBP
ONIX	v2.1 Reference