 [ Large Image ] | And I Alone Escaped to Tell You Sylvia D. Hamilton 2014 / Poetry / $19.95 9781554471362 / Trade paper / 96 pp The settlement of African peoples in Nova Scotia is a richly layered story encompassing many waves of settlement and diverse circumstances—from captives to ‘freedom runners’ who sailed north from the United States with hopes of establishing a new life. The poems in And I Alone Escaped to Tell You endeavour to give these historical events a human voice, blending documentary material, memory, experience and imagination to evoke the lives of these early Black Nova Scotians and of the generations that followed. This collection is a moving meditation on the place of African-descended people in the Canadian story and on the threads connecting all of us to the African diaspora. Finalist for the 2015 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for Poetry. To purchase this title: Add it to your cart | Other Books by this Author |  | Tender Sylvia D. Hamilton 2022 / Canadian Poetry / $22.95 CAN 9781554472369 / Trade paper / 144 pp |
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