- Description
- 165 pages; 18 cm.
- Summary
- "Eight female writers from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe explore the beauty, pain, and complexity wrapped up in their Caribbean identities. A collection of poems and short stories translated from French"--
- Series Statement
- Calico series ; 8
- Uniform Title
- Calico series.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- short stories.
- poetry.
- Literary collections
- Poetry
- Short stories
- Translations
- Short stories.
- Poetry.
- Nouvelles.
- Poésie.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Voracious street; The missing; In the unwearied heart of the sea / Mireille Jean-Gilles, translated by Eric Fishman -- African mask / Gaël Octavia, translated by Kaiama L. Glover -- Plato's stars / Fabienne Kanor, translated by Lynn Palermo -- Incandescences; Inventory; O my land; Fervent prayer / Marie-Célie Agnant, translated by Danielle Legros Georges -- The last photograph / Marie-Célie Agnant, translated by Dawn Fulton -- from The patriarch's angel / Kettly Mars, translated by Lucy Scott -- "I wait by the sea..."; "Here I am, a wound hanging..."; "We built the night..."; "Your naked tongue..."; "I approached the sand..."; "From our arms on the first day of spring..." / Adlyne Bonhomme, translated by Nathan Dize -- The macho's marathon, the major's martyrology, and the coquer's calvary / Suzanne Dracius, translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson and Catherine Kellogg -- Defiant islands / Gerty Dambury, translated by Judith Miller and Gerty Dambury.
- ISBN
- LCCN
- 2023003016
- OCLC
- 1378778474
- Title
Elektrik : Caribbean writing.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Series
Calico series ; 8
Calico series.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.