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The January Children
Safia Elhillo
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Description for The January Children
Paperback. Series: African Poetry Book Series. Num Pages: 90 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
In her dedication Safia Elhillo writes, The January Children are the generation born in Sudan under British occupation, where children were assigned birth years by height, all given the birth date January 1. What follows is a deeply personal collection of poems that describe the experience of navigating the postcolonial world as a stranger in one's own land. The January Children depicts displacement and longing while also questioning accepted truths about geography, history, nationhood, and home. The poems mythologize family histories until they break open, using them to explore aspects of Sudan's history of colonial ... Read more
In her dedication Safia Elhillo writes, The January Children are the generation born in Sudan under British occupation, where children were assigned birth years by height, all given the birth date January 1. What follows is a deeply personal collection of poems that describe the experience of navigating the postcolonial world as a stranger in one's own land. The January Children depicts displacement and longing while also questioning accepted truths about geography, history, nationhood, and home. The poems mythologize family histories until they break open, using them to explore aspects of Sudan's history of colonial ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
African Poetry Book Series
Condition
New
Weight
149g
Number of Pages
90
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803295988
SKU
V9780803295988
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Ref
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About Safia Elhillo
Safia Elhillo is a Cave Canem fellow and poetry editor at Kinfolks Quarterly. Her work has appeared in several journals and anthologies including The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop. She is the author of The Life and Times of Susie Knuckles.
Reviews for The January Children
The first sound of what will be a remarkable noise in African poetry. Safia Elhillo has already laid out in this collection a complex foundation for a rich and complex body of work. What is unmistakable is her authority as a poet-she writes with great control and economy, but also with a vulnerability that is deeply engaging. Above all, her ... Read more