Exiles of Eden /

This book looks at the origin story of Adam, Eve and their exile from the Garden of Eden, exploring displacement and alienation from its mythological origins to the present. In this formally experimental collection steeped in Somali narrative tradition, Osman gives voice to the experiences and traum...

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Main Author:	Osman, Ladan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Refugees > Poetry. Eden > Poetry. American poetry > African American authors > 21st century. POETRY / African. POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss. POETRY / Women Authors. American poetry.

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Summary:	This book looks at the origin story of Adam, Eve and their exile from the Garden of Eden, exploring displacement and alienation from its mythological origins to the present. In this formally experimental collection steeped in Somali narrative tradition, Osman gives voice to the experiences and traumas of displaced people over multiple generations. The characters in these poems encounter exile's strangeness while processing the profoundly isolating experience of knowing that once you are sent out of Eden, you can't go back.
Physical Description:	77 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:	9781566895446 1566895448