Hurricane Protocol

by Lasana M. Sekou

Paperback, 2019

Status

Available

Collection

Library's review

Poetry. Caribbean Studies. Latinx Studies. African & African American Studies. "There is a raw urgency to these poems within the 'protocol' set, the 'name' of each echoes marine distress-calling, a plea to humanity; recounting the travails during the super-storms Irma and Maria...the unprecedented
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level of destruction that the storms wrought on the poet's home island of St. Martin, and on neighboring Caribbean countries and territories. This poetry is about prevailing over adversity and about resiliency to disaster."--Margaret Matz
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Publication

House of Nehesi Publishers (2019), 56 pages

Description

Poetry. Caribbean Studies. Latinx Studies. African & African American Studies. "There is a raw urgency to these poems within the 'protocol' set, the 'name' of each echoes marine distress-calling, a plea to humanity; recounting the travails during the super-storms Irma and Maria...the unprecedented level of destruction that the storms wrought on the poet's home island of St. Martin, and on neighboring Caribbean countries and territories. This poetry is about prevailing over adversity and about resiliency to disaster."--Margaret Matz, Il Tolomeo (Vol. 20), Italy

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

56 p.; 5 inches

ISBN

1733633308 / 9781733633307
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