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The poems in Roll Deep are whimsical, urbane, and introspective, seeking a rhythmic sound that expresses the realities of the twenty-first century. Whether about child soldiers in Dadaab, a refugee camp in East Kenya, or human intimacy, the poems build community across borders of language and style. From Urban Renewal, "The Dadaab Suite": I have come to Dadaab like an actor on a press release, unprepared for the drained faces of famine-fleeing refugees, my craft's glamour dimmed by hundreds of infant graves, children whose lolling heads' final drop landed on their mothers' backs like soft stones. What beauty can I spell in this swelter of dust?

Book details

Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Poetry Poetry by individual poets

• Full title: Roll Deep
• Subtitle: Poems
• Author: Major Jackson
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9780393246896
• ISBN: 0393246892
• ID: 08850240
• Publisher: WW Norton & Co
• Weight: 250 g
• Dimensions: 218 × 147 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. August 2015

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