In Elektrik, eight women writers from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe come together to explore, in poetry and prose, the complex nature of Caribbean existence. A single mother has an intimate encounter with a migrant worker; a teenager discovers her sexuality in the shadow of her twin sister; a poet summons a chorus of sirens, only to warn them: “Keep your voices’ beauty from waylaying sailors.” Through glittering translations from French, Elektrik sings the experience of Franco-Caribbean identity today. These writers communicate through the silence of the past to the unknowability of the future–forever in the rare language of literature.
Author: Sarah Coolidge, Mireille Jean-Gilles, Gaël Octavia
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Two Lines Press
Published: 09/26/2023
Series: Calico #8
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781949641509
Language: English
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