Song of thieves / Shara McCallum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCallum, Shara, 1972-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Pitt poetry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jamaican Americans--Poetry.

Jamaican Americans.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

72 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2003]

Summary:

A lyrical examination of loss and grief, Song of Thieves delves into issues of racial identity and politics, the immigrant experience, and the search for "home" and for family histories. McCallum artfully blends Jamaican patois, parables, songs, nursery rhymes, and other features of orality into her poems. She evinces an ear for the intrinsic music of poetry in this haunting and ambitious collection. Song of Thieves confirms her reputation as one of the most compelling new voices in American poetry.

Contents:

Now the Guitar Begins

1. Last Song 3

2. A Story 4

3. Fate 6

4. Electroshock 7

5. Fugue 8

6. The Call 9

7. Interlude 10

8. Genesis 11

9. Music Not Meant for Music's Cage 12

11. The Flamboyant 14

Wolves 17

Par Drive 18

The Story of Tanglehair 19

Tanglehair's Mother Speaks 20

Tanglehair's Dream 21

The Incident 22

Big Sister's Lament 23

The Art Room 24

Talisman 25

The Story of the Madwoman by the Sea 26

An Offering 27

The Madwoman Dreams of the Beginning 28

The Land of Look Behind 31

Planting 39

Autobiography of My Grandmother 40

Miss Sally's Wisdom 42

Vespers 43

Matins 44

Facing It 45

Catechism 46

Idolatry 47

Mulatta 48

Octaroon Song 50

Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) 51

What I'm telling you 55

The Deer 57

In the Dream 58

Van Gogh's Almond Blossoms 59

Vincent 61

The Spider Speaks 62

Six Ways of Envisioning Loss 63

Atlanta, 1999 65

Witness 67

The Story So Far 68

My Father's Words 70.

ISBN:

0822958139

OCLC:

51481791