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Continental Shelf - by  Fred D'Aguiar (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Continental Shelf - by Fred D'Aguiar (Paperback)

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  • From memories of a childhood in Guyana through an elegiac exploration of the shootings at Virginia Tech University in 2006, this poetry collection journeys from youth to maturing and from continent to continent.
  • About the Author: Fred D'Aguiar is a poet, a writer, and a professor of English and Africana studies at Virginia Tech State University.
  • 136 Pages
  • Poetry, European

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From memories of a childhood in Guyana through an elegiac exploration of the shootings at Virginia Tech University in 2006, this poetry collection journeys from youth to maturing and from continent to continent. Celebrating individuals and the histories embedded in places, this compilation recollects the smell of bitumen, the local hero who came in last in the National Cycle Championship, and the 33 unique individuals who perished in Virginia. Powerful and intimate, this examination argues that alongside grief there is still delight in the world.



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"[An] outstanding poetry collection." --Charles Bainbridge, the Guardian



About the Author



Fred D'Aguiar is a poet, a writer, and a professor of English and Africana studies at Virginia Tech State University. He is the author of British Subjects, English Sampler: New and Selected Poems, and The Longest Memory. He is also the recipient of the David Higham Prize for Fiction and the Whitbread First Novel Award. He lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .3 Inches (D)
Weight: .37 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 136
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: European
Publisher: Carcanet Press
Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Format: Paperback
Author: Fred D'Aguiar
Language: English
Street Date: January 1, 2011
TCIN: 1009430452
UPC: 9781847770431
Item Number (DPCI): 247-55-4304
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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