Description
These poems explore the Rwandan holocaust through the culture, myths and customs that Derick Burleson absorbed whilst living there.
This title won the 2000 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, selected by Alicia Ostriker.
About the Author
Derick Burleson is also the author of Ejo: Poems, Rwanda 1991-94, winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. His poems have appeared in The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, and Poetry, among other journals. A recipient of a 1999 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, Burleson teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of Alaska - Fairbanks and lives with his partner and daughter in Two Rivers, Alaska.
Book Information
ISBN 9780299170202
Author University of Wisconsin Press
Format Hardback
Page Count 120
Imprint University of Wisconsin Press
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Weight(grams) 278g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 6mm
This title won the 2000 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, selected by Alicia Ostriker.
About the Author
Derick Burleson is also the author of Ejo: Poems, Rwanda 1991-94, winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. His poems have appeared in The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, and Poetry, among other journals. A recipient of a 1999 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, Burleson teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of Alaska - Fairbanks and lives with his partner and daughter in Two Rivers, Alaska.
Book Information
ISBN 9780299170202
Author University of Wisconsin Press
Format Hardback
Page Count 120
Imprint University of Wisconsin Press
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Weight(grams) 278g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 6mm
