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Book SynopsisA hopeful, music-infused poetry collection from Congolese poet Alain Mabanckou.
Trade Review"Alain Mabanckou’s
As Long as Trees Take Root in the Earth and Other Poems, translated from the French by Nancy Naomi Carlson, is the long-overdue English-language debut of one of the world’s most prominent Francophone poets. . . . Nancy Naomi Carlson’s sensitive and painstaking translations of this powerful, important writer are a boon to anyone interested in the world of Francophone letters." * The Los Angeles Review *
"Alain Mabanckou
a
native of the Congo and a longtime professor at UCLA, is one of the world’s leading francophone authors. If you’re the author of a novel (
Verre cassée/
Broken Glass) that
The Guardian has called one of the best one hundred novels of the century, it may be difficult to be taken as seriously as a poet. And yet Mabanckou has also been publishing books of poems since 1993 . The present edition includes two of his most recent volumes, the first and only translation of any complete poetry books to be published in English. I, for one, am grateful, and I imagine others will be also." * World Literature Today *
Table of Contents1. As Long as Trees Take Root in the Earth 2. When the Rooster Announces the Dawn of Another Day 3. An Open Letter to Those Who Are Killing Poetry
