Gomer's Song [Paperback]

Kwame Dawes (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 72 pages
Publisher: Akashic Books (Sep 1 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1933354445
ISBN-13: 978-1933354446
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.7 x 0.7 cm
Shipping Weight: 23 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,879,661 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Product Description

Gomer’s Song is a re-rendering of the Bible story. In Gomer, a harlot who was the wife of the Old Testament prophet Hosea, Kwame Dawes finds the subject for a beautiful contemporary exploration on freedom and sacrifice.

Kwame Dawes is an award-winning Ghanaian-born Jamaican author of several books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction (including his debut novel, She’s Gone, published by Akashic Books in 2007). He teaches at the University of South Carolina, where he is distinguished poet in residence and director of the USC Arts Institute and the South Carolina Poetry Initiative. Dawes is the programmer for the annual Jamaican Calabash International Literary Festival.

About the Author

Kwame Dawes is an award-winning Ghanian-born Jamaican author of several books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. He teaches at the University of South Carolina, where he is Distinguished Poet in Residence and director of the USC Arts Institute and the SC Poetry Initiative. Dawes is the programmer for the annual Jamaican Calabash International Literary Festival.