Description
Literary Nonfiction. Music. Caribbean Studies. "CARIBBEAN COUNTERPOINT explores the writings of Lasana M. Sekou, a highly eloquent poet and lyrical performer. Dr. Florian's study delves deep into not only the poetry but also into the fiction and essays of this politically committed, coolly confident, witty and lively writer and activist."—Anton G. Leitner
"A well-known poet, fiction writer, journalist, social activist, educator, and nationalist for the independence of St. Martin, Sekou is no doubt already having, and will continue to have, an influence on writers from elsewhere in the region."—Earl McKenzie
Author Bio
Sara Florian obtained a PhD in Modern Philology at Cà Foscari University, Italy, and a postdoc in Contemporary Singapore Literature at Singapore Management University. Dr. Florian has researched Caribbean literature at The University of the West Indies in Jamaica, Trinidad, and Barbados—and interviewed noted authors and scholars. Writings by this Caribbeanist scholar have appeared in Small Axe/sx salon, Tripwire, Caribbean Quarterly, Moko—Caribbean Arts and Letters, Sunday Gleaner, and Jamaica Observer. CARIBBEAN COUNTERPOINT: THE AESTHETICS OF SALT IN LASANA SEKOU is the first book by Dr. Sara Florian on comparative and contemporary Caribbean literature.
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