by Fred D'Aguiar - £9.95 Carcanet Press Ltd (2009)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9781847770431 | ISBN 10: 1847770436
"Demerara whose east coast raised meContinental Shelf traces a journey, across continents and from youth to maturity. It moves from memories of childhood in Guyana, through a long elegiac exploration of the shootings at Virginia Tech University in 2006, to the reflective closing section which gives its title to the book.
From a mere stalk to stand straight
To stand tall no matter what current
Help me find your grain your flow
And Demerara sweeten me
So my art keeps your river's cave at
Your sense of cane fields bathed in sweat "
(from 'Demerara Sugar' by Fred D'Aguiar)
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