| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
323 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
Drawing from two cultural perspectives, an acclaimed British-Guyanese writer and award-winning poet combines personal reminiscence and philosophy to reflect on a year of personal and global crisis, as he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Contents |
Out of this time -- I do not want to alarm you -- Is this what dying looks like? -- Fred, do not be afraid -- You are my mortal enemy -- To fall, falling, and never land -- Help me, Anansi -- What Brer Rabbit did -- Surely I'm to be saved -- Hello, Miss Corona. Meet Mister Cancer -- The maddening pain -- The city is dying -- I listen and hear more -- I wake with his name on my tongue -- As long as I draw breath -- Juneteenth -- My father's body. |
| Summary |
2020. The world around D'Aguiar was shattered by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests erupted across the United States, California burned... and D'Aguiar was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Here he confronts profound questions about the purpose of pursuing a life of writing and teaching in the face of overwhelming upheavals; the imaginative and artistic strategies a writer can bring to bear as his sense of self and community are severely tested; and the quest for strength and solace necessary to help forge a better future. The resulting memoir is a paean of resistance to despotic authority and life-threatening disease. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
D'Aguiar, Fred, 1960-
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Authors, Guyanese -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
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Two thousand twenty, A.D.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global).
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D'Aguiar, Fred, 1960- (OCoLC)fst00188325
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Authors, Guyanese. (OCoLC)fst00822092
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Cancer -- Patients.
(OCoLC)fst00845411
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Two thousand twenty, A.D. (OCoLC)fst01772024
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-) (OCoLC)fst02024716
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| ISBN |
9780063091535 hardcover |
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0063091534 hardcover |
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