In a Boston Night

By Sasenarine Persaud

Shortlisted for the Guyana Prize, Best Book of Poetry, 2010

From the very first piece in this collection, the title poem "In a Boston Night," Sasenarine Persaud signals a return to the passionate and sensuous.

Boston, the focal point, is like a needle hole though which the poet deftly threads his reflections about places, events, and histories: a conflict between Anglo- and Franco-Canadians at a Brookline art exhibition; Georgetown and Mumbai; Tampa and Toronto; the "Boston Tea Party" as a symbol of resistance to American English, subtly underlined by the description of a Walcott reading in an overflowing university hall.

This is a fine, multilayered collection of poems by an important and accomplished contemporary poet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894770498
• ISBN13: 9781894770491
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Tsar Publications
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.6"