Cape Verdean Blues (Pitt Poetry Series) - Softcover

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Barbosa, Shauna

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Synopsis

The speaker in <i>Cape Verdean Blues</i> is an oracle walking down the street. Shauna Barbosa interrogates encounters and the weight of their space. Grounded in bodily experience and the phenomenology of femininity, this collection provides a sense of Cape Verdean identity. It uniquely captures the essence of “Sodade,” as it refers to the Cape Verdean American experience, and also the nostalgia and self-reflection one navigates through relationships lived, lost, and imagined. And its layers of unusual imagery and sound hold the reader in their grip.

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About the Author

<b>Shauna Barbosa</b>’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in <i>Lenny Letter</i>, <i>Virginia Quarterly Review</i>,<i> </i>the<i> Awl, Colorado Review</i>,<i> No Tokens Journal</i>,<i> </i>the<i> Atlas Review</i>,<i> PANK</i>, and others. She received her MFA from Bennington College.

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