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Midland
By Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville
- ISBN
- 978-0-82141-355-5
- Publisher
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2001.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2001
Reading the sensuous poetry of Dawes, one's first impression is of immersion in the atmosphere of the Caribbean, "the stench of wisteria crawling its pale purple/ path through a dying swamp." (Born in Ghana, Dawes grew up in Jamaica and now teaches at the University of South Carolina.) Ultimately, however, Midland takes the reader on an autobiographical journey to exile and self-discovery. Dawes is less concerned with reg...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
