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1	Mother Poem more books like this by Edward Brathwaite, Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99! first editions
2	The Zea Mexican Diary, 7 Sept 1926-7 Sept 1986 more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist In May of 1986, the poet Kamau Brathwaite learned that his wife, Doris, was dying of cancer and had only a short time to live. Responding as a poet, he began "helplessly and spasmodically" to record her passage in a diary. This is a collection of excerpts from that diary and other notes from this period of the Brathwaite lives. The book is a ... see all copies from $4.37! new only from $19.71! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Middle Passages more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist MiddlePassages is an offshoot of the author's second trilogy, 'a splice of time & space', as he puts it, between his/father's world of Sun Poem and 'the magical irrealism' of X/Self. With his other 'shorter' collections Black + Blues and Third World Poems, MiddlePassages creates a kind of chisel which may well lead us into a projected third ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.53! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Words Need Love Too more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite, Stewart Brown (Introduction by) add to wishlist "Words Need Love Too" represents both a summation - a drawing together of concerns that the poet has explored in his writings through the previous 'years of salt' - and a turning point, a hopeful new beginning. With hindsight we can already see the shadow of events like "nine eleven" - which happened when Brathwaite was in New York, living only ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $16.03! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Black + Blues more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist Kamau Brathwaite, who won the 1994 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, has revised his celebrated 1979 Casa de las Americas collection, Black + Blues, for its first edition by a U.S. publisher. A rich and beautiful collection, Black + Blues is cast in three parts - "Fragments", "Drought", and "Flowers". see all copies from $4.61! new only from $6.28! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Ancestors more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist This is Kamau Brathwaite's trilogy of "Mother Poem", "Sun Poem" and "X/Self", revised by the author. He describes Barbados, his own history and childhood. Using "Video Sycorax" typographic inventions and linguistic play, he attempts to free the language. see all copies from $10.75! new only from $14.38! \| SVS
7	Islands more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
8	Masks more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $8.58! first editions
9	DS (2): Dreamstories more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist The startling new work by internationally celebrated Caribbean poet, historian and cultural theorist Kamau Brathwaite, winner of the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize. see all copies from $4.21! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Trench Town Rock more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $18.94! new only from $27.25!
11	The Arrivants: A New World Trilogy more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50! signed copies \| first editions
12	Roots. more books like this by Edward Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist A compelling foray into the character of Caribbean literature and the formidable role of African expression in its development. see all copies from $19.96!
13	Folk culture of the slaves in Jamaica. more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! first editions \| SVS
14	Other Exiles more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15	Dreamstories - Longman Caribbean Writers Series more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist This collection of prose-poems are full of the inconsistencies, broken images and half-told stories of dreams. Using a variety of typefaces, languages and breaks, the author creates fiction from personal trauma and adds to the tradition of "dream journeying". see all copies from $4.77!
16	The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica, 1770-1820 more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $23.42! new only from $67.75! \| first editions
17	Sun Poem more books like this by Edward K. Brathwaite, Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist This volume is the second in a trilogy of which Mother Poem was the first. Edward Kamau Brathwaite's previous trilogy, The Arrivants , involved a search for the poet's African/Caribbean ancestry; the new book is more personal: Sun Poem , leaving the female-dominated Barbadan landscape of Mother Poem , explores the male history of the island as it ... see all copies from $14.06! new only from $197.81!
18	Born to Slow Horses more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist New work by the co-founder of the Caribbean Artists Movement. Kamau Brathwaite's newest work, "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 ... see all copies from $17.59! new only from $37.75!
19	The Zea Mexican Diary: 7 September 1926-7 September 1986 more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite, William L Andrews (Editor), Sandra Pouchet Paquet (Foreword by) add to wishlist In this memoir, West Indian poet and scholar Kamau Brathwaite conjures his wife, Doris, and tells of her death from cancer. see all copies from $32.70! new only from $32.70!
20	Conversations with Nathaniel Mackey more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist African American and Caribbean Studies. Kamau Brathwaite's "Conversations With Nathaniel Mackey" is based on the transcript of his discussion with Mackey at Poet's House in New York City. Brathwaite expansively elaborates on Mackey's (and audience members') knowledgeable inquiries; his answers are layered with subsequent ruminations arising from ... see all copies from $16.99! new only from $60.18!
21	Alan Bold, Edward Brathwaite, Edwin Morgan. more books like this by Alan Norman Bold, Kamau Brathwaite, Edwin Morgan add to wishlist see all copies from $5.99!
22	X/Self more books like this by Edward K. Brathwaite, Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist X-Self is the final part of a trilogy by the celebrated West Indian poet, Edward Kamau Brathwaite. The trilogy is in the widest sense autobiographical. In 'Mother Poem', the poet described the female-dominated background to his childhood in Barbados. In 'Sun Poem', he explained the male culture and tradition. Now, in X-Self , he weaves together ... see all copies from $67.96!
23 view cover	History of the Voice: The Development of Nation Language in Anglophone Caribbean Poetry more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $133.33!
24	Black + blues more books like this by Edward Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! first editions
25	Soweto. more books like this by Edward Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $150.00! first editions

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