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008 230508s2020 enk|||||||||||000 p|eng|c
020 9781845234775
041 eng
082 04 821.92|223
084 He.03|2kssb/8
092 0 Poesi|bengelska
100 1 Parkes, Nii Ayikwei|4aut
245 14 The Geez :|bpoems /|cNii Ayikwei Parkes
264 1 Leeds, UK :|bPeepal Tree Press Ltd,|c[2020]
264 4 |c©2020
300 116 pages|c21 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
500 "A Poetry Book Society recommendation" -- front cover
520 A stunning new collection from Nii Ayikwei Parkes,
featuring poems which embrace play, love and the ephemeral
such as water bodies, blood/heritage, history and gossip;
and a healthy dose of music and popular culture. The Geez
navigates the blurred lines between age and youth; the
real and the imagined; what is seen and what is -- what
catches the gaze and what lies beneath. Conceived in four
sections, the collection moves from play, to love, to
gossip and - finally - to explorations of the
intersections of self and contemporary culture, including
a segment inspired by blues legends, riffing on the myth
of the crossroads, as well as an eleven-part love letter
to the African diaspora -- specifically African-Americans,
whose sacrifices have contributed to the still-suppressed
freedoms of Black folk globally. A number of the poems in
The Geez are written in a form called the Gimbal, which
was developed by Nii -- initially to work through his
enduring grief at the loss of his father. It is now a form
that has evolved to mine emotion within a guiding format
that, for him, evokes the workings of a gyroscope --
spinning but stable -- a state that echoes the liminality
that anchors this collection. Simultaneously conceptual
and deeply personal, The Geez is an intimate exploration
of human perception and the way the body responds to, and
expresses emotion
650 0 African poetry (English)
650 7 Poesi|2sao
650 7 Engelsk poesi|2sao
650 7 Engelsk politisk poesi|2sao
655 7 Poesi|2saogf
