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As multifaceted as the many languages in its pages, Mohabir's latest collection (after The Cowherd's Son) lyrically confronts history, homophobia, desire, tradition, colonialism, and place, grappling with identity on varied levels. The poem "May 5, 1838" commemorates the arrival of indentured servants from India to Guyana and deftly navigates the space between recognizing history and injustice ("On those first ships did they know their ash / applied evenly fertilizes the land-grant f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More