Marilyn Nelson er en digter, der med enkle, klare, poetiske midler formår at skildre vigtige og dybt menneskelige sider af virkeligheden. Som her, et barns ensomhed:»Min mor er det... Læs mere
Using her remarkable ability to educate and inspire, Marilyn Nelson demonstrates the power of travel to transform our imaginations. We have long known that travel broadens; in these poems, it also deepens and makes wiser.
This collection of poems claims as subjects the life of the spirit, the vicissitudes of love and the African-American experience since slavery and arranges them as pebbles marking our common journey toward a "monstrous love / that wants to make the world right."
Conjuring numerous voices and characters across oceans and centuries, Faster Than Light explores widely disparate experiences through the lens of... Læs mere