{"product_id":"powe-t-nan-po-a-poet-of-the-port-9781952335624b","title":"Powe`t Nan Po` A\/Poet of the Port","description":"Written in Haitian Creole and self-translated into English, this bilingual poetry collection reflects Indran Amirthanayagam's deep connection to Haiti during his service there as a cultural attaché. The poems explore everyday Haitian life, love, history, language, memory, and identity while celebrating the richness of Haitian culture through an insider-outsider perspective. The collection has been praised for its linguistic artistry and its compassionate portrayal of Haiti and its people.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eIndran Amirthanayagam is a true global poet, and this book in Kreyòl ayisyen (Haitian Creole) is his most important thus far. Here, an outside observer, living in the land as a cultural attaché, gives the language and culture of Haiti the ultimate respect-poems that bring the joys and pain, love, mysteries and history of the everyday life of the people into Poetry's orbit. Amirthanayagam is a poet like no other (he also writes in Spanish, French, Portuguese), and this book is a grand achievement. -Bob Holman, Poet, Professor, Producer: The United States of Poetry, founder: Bowery Poetry Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a Love poem to Haiti written in the language of the Haitian people by a Sri Lankan-born poet who lives in the United States where, among other things, he writes a Poetry\/Culture column for the newspaper Haiti en Marche. His love of that island is real and in the finest tradition of immigrant culture. -Jack Hirschman, emeritus Poet Laureate of San Francisco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MadHat Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42821257887824,"sku":"9781952335624B","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781952335624-l.jpg?v=1785882966","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/powe-t-nan-po-a-poet-of-the-port-9781952335624b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}