SIGNED BY WAYDE COMPTON on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; "A poetic, historical revision of the migration of blacks to Canada, when the first black settlers left San Francisco in 1958 and travelled north.".

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Title: 49th Parallel Psalm
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Pr Ltd, Vancouver, British Columbia
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1551520656
ISBN 13: 9781551520650
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Wayde Compton's first poetry book: a stunning set of poems documenting the migration of blacks to Canada, specifically when the first black settlers?facing an increasingly hostile racist government?left San Francisco and travelled north to British Columbia beginning in 1858. With recurring themes of the unknowable, the crossroads, the trickster, and entropy, "49th Parallel Psalm" jumbles history, time, and the Canadian black literary canon. Shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize Now in its 2nd printing

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Wayde Compton is a poet, turntablist, and black historian in Vancouver.

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