02954nam 2200589 a 450 991045492970332120200520144314.00-8093-9041-81-299-05067-00-585-34305-5(CKB)111004368579136(EBL)1354429(OCoLC)856870173(SSID)ssj0000133015(PQKBManifestationID)11150693(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133015(PQKBWorkID)10040522(PQKB)10716773(MiAaPQ)EBC1354429(OCoLC)47008658(MdBmJHUP)muse25886(Au-PeEL)EBL1354429(CaPaEBR)ebr10654941(CaONFJC)MIL436317(EXLCZ)9911100436857913619990713d2000 uy pengur|n|---|||||txtccrCrossroads and unholy water[electronic resource] /Marilene PhippsCarbondale Crab Orchard Review Southern Illinois University Pressc20001 online resource (88 p.)Crab Orchard award series in poetryDescription based upon print version of record.0-8093-2306-0 Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Special Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; I. Caribbean Beginnings; Man Nini; Caribbean Childhood; Outdoor Birthday Party-Father's Fortieth; Gaëtan; Rain; Dieudonne; Run for the River; Marasa Spirits of Haïti; Oksilya; Aunt Frances the Pianist; The Gold Watch; Emma; Queen of the Meadow; II. Life in Nerèt; Pigs and Wings; Sunday Knife; Ti Kikit; My Life in Nerèt; Pink; Family Tree; Elzir's Advice; Caribbean Corpses; Out for Some Bread on Flatbush Ave.; III. Vigils; Keeping Vigil; Cousin Thérèse; Waiting Room; Two Letters; Frozen Feel; Haïtian MasksOld, Useless and UglyBlue Amani; The Bull at Nan Souvnans; Niska and the Snake; Other books in the series; Back CoverMarilene Phipps's poetry invites the reader to share sharp slices of Caribbean experience: Haiti is both stage and backdrop for people who move in various strata of the social scheme and through the three stages of life, in lieu of answers to the Sphinx's riddle. Through voices, nostalgic and tender, denouncing and shrill, we journey to a mythologizing Caribbean land populated with people whose dramatic intensity and fights for life are turned into sometimes funny, sometimes disquieting, and always richly evocative, palpable poetry. Crab Orchard Series in PoetryHaitiPoetryElectronic books.811/.54Phipps-Kettlewell Marilène1950-959471MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454929703321Crossroads and unholy water2174138UNINA