Description
Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. African American Studies. Bilingual edition. Translated into Spanish by Maria Teresa Ortega. A selection from ten books by Sekou, with introduction and notes by leading Cuban literary critic Emilio Jorge Rodriguez. "Defiance, movement, and renewal are three words that come to mind when reading PELICAN HEART. While the poems themselves defy an easy classification, the collection proposes a new way to 'travel' and 'read' the Caribbean world and beyond." —Ivette Romero-Cesareo
Author Bio
Lasana M. Sekou is a St. Martin, Caribbean author of poetry, monologues, short stories, and essays. Reviewers have compared Sekou's poetry to the works of Aimé Césaire, Oswald Mtshali, Kamau Brathwaite, Dylan Thomas, e.e. cummings, and Linton Kwesi Johnson. His NATIVITY (2010), THE SALT REAPER (2004), 37 POEMS (2005), LOVE SONGS MAKE YOU CRY (2014), and BROTHERHOOD OF THE SPURS (2007), all published by House of Nehesi, have been required reading at Caribbean, North and South American, and European universities. Sekou has performed his poetry throughout the Caribbean, USA, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. His poetry has been translated into Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Turkish, and Chinese. Sekou is an advocate for the independence of St. Martin, a colony of France and the Netherlands. BOOK OF THE DEAD (2016), HURRICANE PROTOCOL (2019), and 6 POEMS / 6 POEMES / 6 POEMAS (Les Fruits de Mer, 2023), are his latest poetry collections.
Author City: St. Martin NAN