Pitch Lake
Bagoo, Andre2017
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Divided into three sections, Andrew Bagoo's poems explore the multiple resonances of the words, where pitch signifies both the stickiness of memory - the way the La Brea Pitch Lake is a place where 'buried trees are born again' - and the idea of scattering: of places and impressions and the effort to hold them in one vision. The first part brings together poems that encompass reflections on art; Trinidad as a fallen Eden with its history of slavery and the inhumanity of 'cachots brulants'; Black Lives Matter; visits to Britain and the image of cows 'straight out of Hardy'; and poems about finding love in a climate of homophobia.
Main title:
Pitch Lake / Andre Bagoo.
Author:
Bagoo, Andre, author
Imprint:
Leeds : Peepal Tree, 2017.
Collation:
93 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781845233532 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
821.92
Language:
English
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BRN:
2509534
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