Redemption Ground by Lorna Goodison

In her first-ever collection of essays, poet and novelistLorna Goodisoninterweaves the personal and political to explore themes that have occupied her working life: her love of poetry and the arts, colonialism and its legacy, racism and social justice, authenticity, and the enduring power of friendship. Taking its title from one of Kingston's oldest markets,Redemption Groundintroduces us to a vivid cast of characters and remembers moments of epiphanyin a cinema in Jamaica, at New York's Bottom Line club, and as she searched for a Black hairdresser in Paris and drank tea in London's Marylebone High Street. Enlightening and entertaining, these essays explore not only daily challenges but also the compassion that enables us to rise above them. They confirm her as a major figure in world literature. (FromVhiculePress)

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Lorna Goodison is one of Canada's most renowned writers. She was Jamaica's poet laureate from 2017 to 2020. Goodison is the author of several books including Collected Poems, and an award-winning memoir From Harvey River, which won the 2008 B.C. National Award for Canadian nonfiction. She was awarded the 2019 Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry for her body of work.

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