Jealous Witness [With CD]

by Andrei Codrescu

Andrei Codrecu and the New Orleans Klezmer AllStars electrify fans in an unparalleled multimedia release. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566892171
• ISBN13: 9781566892179
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.7"

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A collection of poetry from Romanian born Andrei Codrescu, who adopted the Big Easy as his home

Hurricane Katrina truly devastated New Orleans, leaving it so it'll never be the same again. "Jealous Witness" is a collection of poetry from Romanian born Andrei Codrescu, who adopted the Big Easy as his home when he immigrated there. The poetry focusing on the loss of their homes and the ongoing reconstruction of what was lost. Enhanced with a music CD from the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, "Jealous Witness" is a grand blend of music and poetry, sure to please those who want a taste of the indomitable spirit of New Orleans. "Morning": sometimes when they shut off the faucets/i think of the Chinese mailmen/how they must feel holding/birds full of letters./i would like to walk with them/into the small/circumcisions/at the top of the houses/through which hands protrude waiting/for telegrams./because this is a country of telegrams/we emerge from holding shocked doorknobs/between our knees.