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The debut collection from an electrifying new talent - a poet of philosophical depth, searching intellect, and lyric grace
'A daring, ambitious pleasure to read' ROGER ROBINSON
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Intimate and epic, dark and profound, interweaving hip hop beats with the mythology of the British Isles, Samatar Elmi's A Darker Light is an unforgettable debut collection about the gift and curse of diaspora.
With a watchful eye on the minutiae of nature's cycles of life and death, and a profound connection to the land and language that make and unmake our histories, Elmi's poems shine with grace and blaze with defiance.
Published | 07 Nov 2024 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 112 |
ISBN | 9781526675811 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Poetry |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
With music at its core, Samatar Elmi's The Epic of Cader Idris's themes resonate across history, mythology, philosophy and consciousness. The result is an expansive book that maintains a constant tune in the key of displacement - a daring, ambitious pleasure to read
ROGER ROBINSON
Samatar seamlessly blends influences from Somali oral history, Ovidian tales and Homer's Odyssey ... Cathartic, musical, emotionally satisfying as well as erudite
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY
Elmi's whose plangent lyrics disguise a sharp bite
GUARDIAN, Best recent poetry
Samatar Elmi is engaged in the timeless project that is at poetry's root; that of bringing disparate consciousnesses into dynamic, thrilling, relation across boundaries of time and space
KAYO CHINGONYI
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