{"product_id":"exodus-paperback-11","title":"Exodus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003e'Gbenga Adeoba\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry, 'Gbenga Adeoba's collection \u003cem\u003eExodus\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on forms of migration due to the slave trade, war, natural disasters, and economic opportunities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Using the sea as a source of language and metaphor, Adeoba explores themes of memory, transition, and the intersections between the historic and the imagined. With great tenderness and power his poetry of empathy searches for meaning in sharply constructed images, \u003cstrong\u003e c\u003c\/strong\u003ereating scenes of making and unmaking while he investigates experiences of exile and displacement across time and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gbenga Adeoba \u003c\/b\u003eis a graduate fellow at the University of Iowa. Born in Nigeria, he is the author of the chapbook \u003ci\u003eHere Is Water\u003c\/i\u003e, which appeared in the African Poetry Book Fund's New-Generation African Poets Series. His work has been published in \u003ci\u003eOxford Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalamander\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoet Lore\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351444177145,"sku":"9781496221179","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WUZUN0xUYXZ0QzN3bkdzNUxHSXFjdz09.webp?v=1769800309","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/exodus-paperback-11","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}