Books by Kamau Brathwaite and Complete Book Reviews

Born to Slow Horses
Born to Slow Horses
Kamau Brathwaite, Author . Wesleyan Univ. $22.95 (143p) ISBN 978-0-8195-6745-1
Omnivorously synthetic, insistently local, sinuously syncopated and consistently exciting, Brathwaite's "nation language" has placed him among the most admired writers of the English-speaking Caribbean. This 22nd book of verse shows off...
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Ancestors
Ancestors
Kamau Brathwaite, Author New Directions Publishing Corporation $22.95 (473p) ISBN 978-0-8112-1448-3
A number of august poet and scholar Brathwaite's recent books of poetry contain substantial revisions of earlier works; this 20th collection is the latest and most compelling of them, collecting in one volume a trilogy--Mother Poem, Sun Poem and X/Se
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The Lazarus Poems
The Lazarus Poems
Kamau Brathwaite. Wesleyan Univ., $24.95 (100p) ISBN 978-0-8195-7687-3
Barbadian poet and scholar Brathwaite, winner of the Griffin Prize for Born to Slow Horses, considers approaching mortality in a vatic and valedictory mode while meditating on the natural world, specifically that of his native Caribbean. Brathwaite’s
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