- Paperback: 72 pages
- Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd. (Nov 1 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1845230264
- ISBN-13: 978-1845230265
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Product Description
This collection reasserts the significant work of the writer and intellectual Neville Dawes, whose poetry has been unavailable since the late 1950s. A lifelong Marxist and a lover of English literature, Dawes’s concern for the rural Jamaican working class is evident in the poems that celebrate his youth in the village of Sturge Town, Jamaica. Written between 1950 and 1970, these inspiring poems show that the strength provided by heritage can overcome the difficulties posed by the social and political hardships of modern life. An introduction and several poems written by Dawes's son, Kwame Davis, are also included.
About the Author
Neville Dawes lived much of his life in Kingston, Jamaica, but taught in Ghana, Guyana, and Jamaica, and was director of the Jamaica Institute. He was the author of Progeny of Air and Shook Foil. Kwame Dawes is the author of Bob Marley and Resisting the Anomie. He is the coauthor of Midland and I Saw Your Face. He lives in Columbia, South Carolina.
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