Un-American

"Poetry that investigates definitions of belonging in relation to migration, religion, language, and loss, tracing a family history between Nigeria and the United States"--

About the author

Born in Zaria, Nigeria, HAFIZAH AUGUSTUS GETER is an author and agent whose poetry and prose have appeared in The New Yorker, Boston Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Longreads, among others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Summary

The daughter of a Nigerian Muslim woman and a former Southern Baptist black man, Geter charts the history of a black family of mixed citizenships through poems imbued by migration, racism, queerness, loss, and the heartbreak of trying to feel at home in a country that does not recognize you.

Product details

• Authors: Hafizah Geter, Hafizah Augustus Geter
• Publisher: University press new england
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780819579812
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-7981-2
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Wesleyan Poetry; Wesleyan Poetry Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Bezug zu Afro-Amerikanern, Bezug zu Schwulen, Lesben und Bisexuellen, Poetry, POETRY / Women Authors, POETRY / LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans), POETRY / American / African American