Cajun South Brown Folk - by Shome Dasgupta (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In Shome Dasgupta's latest poetry collection, generational threads weave rich Acadian and East Indian tapestries. Crossing cultures and continents, Cajun South Brown Folk sings across " espresso sunrises" and the " kindred of skin" shared beneath them. Dripping with memory and steeped in history and place, these formally diverse poems take heart in the strength that builds through a multitude of tongues and homes still ever rooted in the search for light and love through connections between Bengali and Cajun ways of life.

About the Author

Shome Dasgupta is the author, most recently, of Atchafalaya Darling and Histories of Memories. His writing has appeared in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, New Orleans Review, The Emerson Review, Jabberwock Review, American Book Review, Arkansas Review, Magma Poetry, and elsewhere. He lives in Lafayette, LA.