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"The history of Egypt and the Nile River Valley are strikingly evoked in these tightly crafted, most times short, terse poems,with lines full of surprises,as in: `I am somewhere/between home & home,' or `in our bodies a rooted history.' These are strongly political, beautiful and peaceful poems and they constantly remind us: `Holy things/Do not die.' Somewhere Else is a wise, eloquent book."
-Quincy Troupe "These papyrus-dipped poems launch the Eastern desert into the `Forever-West' where we all dwell. Listen to Shenoda's `giraffe tongue'unwind-incantations reclaiming the Coptic earth and its peoples, stories and sufferings,a grandmother and grandfather's lessons of war, death, rebirth, love and peace.This book holds the keys to our present global predicament- each word is a star in our night." -Juan Felipe Herrera "While reading Matthew Shenoda's Somewhere Else, I become acutely aware of history insisting on the verity of knowledge.History is more than memory. It is hope and experience. And it is the passion of life. And for Shenoda,it is the connection to the Nile of story, song,music, dance, and the power of language between Egypt and America. Great poetry you can dance to!" -Simon Ortiz |
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Somewhere Else by Matthew Shenoda (Paperback - April 1, 2005)
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