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A Story I Am In: Selected Poems / by James Berry (1924)
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James Berry, author.
- Series:
- African Diaspora, 1860-Present (Text)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature and Intellectual History.
- Poetry.
- Black community.
- Africa.
- Jamaica.
- Local Subjects:
- Literature and Intellectual History.
- Poetry.
- Black community.
- Africa.
- Jamaica.
- Genre:
- Poetry
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Northumberland, England : Bloodaxe Books, 2011.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- This major retrospective [the author's] work covers five collections published over four decades, plus a selection from four books of poetry for children. Much of his poetry celebrates the divided world of a lifelong outsider. Growing up in Jamaica, Berry felt as much disturbed by his African background as by the European slave-trade and its aftermath. His poetry shows how 'root agonies' made him view Africa as a thoughtless and neglectful mother, how his years in Britain - most of his adult life - left him worried by past, present and future.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed August 26, 2024).
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