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Gomer's Song (Black Goat)
By Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-93335-444-6
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 15, 2007
The release of these three collections, published under the Black Goat imprint created for Akashic by Nigerian author Chris Abani (Becoming Abigail), gives readers the opportunity to encounter poets of extraordinary depth and skill. While their styles and subjects differ, all three use language sensuously and musically. In Gomer's Song, Ghanian-born Jamaican novelist and poet Dawes (She's Gone) tells the biblical story of Gomer, the harlot whose fall from grace and subsequent redemption mirror God's disappointment with the Israelites. Yet, Dawes's Gomer is a modern woman who tells men what they want to hear; she is believable in her desire as well as her contrition: "And after, he wants to pray for me,/ wants to turn this into something/ biblical." L...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
