Humming the Blues / Cantando los Blues (a boca cerradoa)

Author:   Cass Dalglish
Publisher:   Calumet Editions
ISBN:  

9781962834674


Pages:   162
Publication Date:   09 February 2026
Format:   Paperback
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Humming the Blues / Cantando los Blues (a boca cerradoa)


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English: A usurper has attacked the temples of Ur and Uruk and the priestly poet Enheduanna prays for help from Inanna, the god who has disappeared into the Land of No Return. ""If you were here, Inanna, you'd surround that big man in the sky,"" Enheduanna cries. This collection of poems is a jazz poetry rendition of ancient Iraqi pictographs pressed into clay thousands of years ago by Enheduanna, the first person in history-female or male-to sign her own text. Originally published only in English, Humming the Blues/Cantando los Blues (a boca cerrada) is now a bilingual edition, with Cass Dalglish's interpretation of the sacking of Enheduanna's temples and the story of Inanna's journey to the Land of No Return told in parallel tales in both English and Spanish. Spanish: Un usurpador ha atacado los templos de Ur y Uruk, y la poeta sacerdotal Enheduanna ora por la ayuda de Inanna, la deidad que ha desaparecido en la Tierra sin Retorno. Enheduana suplica: ""Si estuvieras aquí Inanna, rodearías a ese hombre grande en el cielo"". Esta colección de poemas es una versión poética al estilo del jazz de pictografías iraquíes antiguas estampadas en arcilla por Enheduana hace miles de años. Históricamente, fue la primera persona-hombre o mujer-que firmó su propio texto escrito. Publicada originalmente sólo en inglés, Humming the Blues/Cantando los Blues (a boca cerrada) es ahora una edición bilingüe, con la interpretación de Cass Dalglish del saqueo de los templos de Enheduanna y la historia del viaje de ida y vuelta de Inanna a la Tierra sin Retorno, contada ahora en relatos paralelos, inglés y español.

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Author:   Cass Dalglish
Publisher:   Calumet Editions
Imprint:   Calumet Editions
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781962834674


ISBN 10:   1962834670
Pages:   162
Publication Date:   09 February 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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