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The Verandah Poems
Jean Binta Breeze
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Description for The Verandah Poems
Paperback. Poems of coming home, both a departure and a return for Breeze, who left her village in Jamaica to become an inter-nationally renowned Dub poet and storyteller. Published on her 60th birthday, launched with a UK reading tour. Num Pages: 72 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
The Verandah Poems is both a departure and a return for Jean 'Binta' Breeze, who left her village in Jamaica to become an internationally renowned Dub poet and storyteller. This is a book of coming home and coming to terms, of contemplation rather than contention - of mellow, musing, edgy poems drawn from the life and lives around her. It is Breeze's first new collection since Third World Girl: Selected Poems (2011), and is published on her 60th birthday. 'The third world girl, at home for a while, sets these attractive poems in rural Jamaica. Her verandah looks out on ... Read more
The Verandah Poems is both a departure and a return for Jean 'Binta' Breeze, who left her village in Jamaica to become an internationally renowned Dub poet and storyteller. This is a book of coming home and coming to terms, of contemplation rather than contention - of mellow, musing, edgy poems drawn from the life and lives around her. It is Breeze's first new collection since Third World Girl: Selected Poems (2011), and is published on her 60th birthday. 'The third world girl, at home for a while, sets these attractive poems in rural Jamaica. Her verandah looks out on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780372853
SKU
V9781780372853
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About Jean Binta Breeze
Jean `Binta' Breeze is an internationally-renowned poet. Born in Hanover, Jamaica, she first visited London in 1985 to take part in the International Book Fair of Radical and Third World Books, and she has been writing, performing and teaching ever since. She has released seven poetry books, Riddym Ravings (Race Today, 1988), Spring Cleaning (Virago, 1992), and On the Edge ... Read more
Reviews for The Verandah Poems
'A major, perhaps even a great voice. For stature, Jean Binta Breeze invites a Caribbean comparison with Maya Angelou, except that her range is broader still. Her poetry shifts effortlessly through standard English to a native Jamaican which has no equal in its emotional depth.' - Alexander Linklater, The Herald; 'Breeze sings of sisterhood and the private spirituality ... Read more