49th Parallel Psalm
Published on 10. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-55152-065-0 (ISBN)
Description
Wayde Compton's first poetry book: a stunning set of poems documenting the migration of blacks to Canada, specifically when the first black settlers?facing an increasingly hostile racist government?left San Francisco and travelled north to British Columbia beginning in 1858. With recurring themes of the unknowable, the crossroads, the trickster, and entropy, "49th Parallel Psalm" jumbles history, time, and the Canadian black literary canon. Shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize Now in its 2nd printing
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Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55152-065-0 (9781551520650)
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Person
Wayde Compton is a poet, turntablist, and black historian in Vancouver.