Description
Fiction. Short stories. Lasana M. Sekou is the author of 20 books of poetry, monologues, and short stories. He is the leading writer of St. Martin and is considered one of the prolific Caribbean poets of his generation.
"LOVE SONGS MAKE YOU CRY stirs emotions that lie too deep for tears."—Joyce Peters-McKenzie, St. Martin Newsday
"Following one of the principles of Modernism, Sekou reinvents his prose. The depth of his discourse and the scope of his subject matters give his short stories [...] a universal, yet unique, character that goes well beyond the boundaries boundaries of a Caribbean readership."—Michela A. Calderaro, University of Trieste, Italy
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, THE SALT REAPER, 37 POEMS, LOVE SONGS MAKE YOU CRY and BROTHERHOOD OF THE SPURS, all published by House of Nehesi, have been required reading at Caribbean, North 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 (House of Nehesi, 2016) and HURRICANE PROTOCOL (House of Nehesi, 2019) are his newest collections.
Author City: St. Martin NAN