āThe poet is endemic with life itself,ā Will Alexander once said, and in this searing pas de trois, Refractive Africa: Ballet of the Forgotten, he has exemplified this vital candescence with a transpersonal amplification worthy of the Cambrian explosion. āThis being the ballet of the forgotten,ā he writes as diasporic witness, āof refracted boundary points as venom.ā The volumeās opening poem pays homage to the innovative Nigerian-Yoruban author Amos Tutuola; it ends with an encomium to the modernist Malagasy poet Jean-Joseph Rabeariveloātwo writers whose luminous art suffered ācolonial wrath through refraction.ā A tribute to the Congo forms the bridge and brisĆ© vole of the book: the Congo as ācharged aural colonyā and āprimal interconnection,ā a āsubliminal psychic forceā with a colonial and postcolonial history dominated by the Occident. Will Alexanderās improvisatory cosmicity pushes poetic language to the point of most resistanceāincantatory and swirling with magical laterality and recovery.
This book title, Refractive Africa, ISBN: 9780811230278, by Will Alexander, published by New Directions (November 2, 2021) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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