Songs and Stories of the Ghouls (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

Songs and Stories of the Ghouls (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

Left dead after our cultures were broken by triumphant enemies, our stories changed to suit others. We now change them again to suit ourselves. Songs and Stories of the Ghouls purports to give power to the deadâ€”voices to the victims of genocide both ancient and contemporaryâ€”and presence to women. Medea did not kill her sons; Dido founds a city, over and over again, the city of the present authorâ€™s poetry. In these poems the poet asserts that though her art comes from a tradition as broken as Afghanistanâ€™s statuary, there is always a culture to pass on to oneâ€™s children, and one is always involved in doing so. We are the ghouls, the drinkers of the blood-sacs, and we insist that we are alive.
Country USA
Brand Wesleyan University Press
Manufacturer Wesleyan University Press
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780819569561
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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