In Canaan

In Canaan

Poetry. African American Studies. In Shane McCrae's IN CANAAN, he inhabits the personae of the escaped slave Margaret Garner, who, in the mid-1800s, murdered one of her daughters in order to keep her from returning to slavery. "I couldn't stop/Hurting her because it hurt," writes McCrae in the voice of Garner, "Before that night â‚¬Æ’ I never had the chance to love â‚¬Æ’ / Anyone/ she was the first â‚¬Æ’ person I loved." McCrae composes in broken forms and shattered fragments, retelling a harrowing historical story through the imagined first-person point of view of its tortured and terrified heroine.
Country USA
Brand Rescue Press
Manufacturer Rescue Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780984488919
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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