The Geez (Paperback)

This stunning new collection from Nii Ayikwei Parkes features poems which embrace play, love and the ephemeral such as water bodies, blood/heritage, history and gossip; and a healthy dose of music and popular culture. Concerned with the phase of life sometimes referred to as the midlife crisis, The Geez navigates the blurred lines between age and youth; the real and the imagined; what is seen and what is - what catches the gaze and what lies beneath. Conceived in four sections, the collection moves from play, to love, to gossip and - finally - to explorations of the intersections of self and contemporary culture, including a segment inspired by blues legends, riffing on the myth of the crossroads, as well as an eleven-part love letter to the African diaspora - specifically African-Americans, whose sacrifices have contributed to the still-suppressed freedoms of Black folk globally. A number of the poems in The Geez are written in a form called the Gimbal, which was developed by Nii - initially to work through his enduring grief at the loss of his father. It evokes the workings of a gyroscope - spinning but stable -a state that echoes the liminality that anchors this collection.

General

Imprint:	Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2020
Authors:	Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Dimensions:	206 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	72
ISBN-13:	978-1-84523-477-5
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-84523-477-4
Barcode:	9781845234775

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