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Author:   Danielle Legros Georges
Publisher:   Beacon Press
Imprint:   Beacon Press
Weight:   0.369kg
ISBN:  

9780807020487

ISBN 10:   0807020486
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   14 January 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction CONGO–1960s Because Whites in Congo Flee by Ferry in this poem, do not use the word revolution Hands are a matter, Cobalt My beloved companion, A Reply of Pauline Opango Lumumba Le Congo, c’est moi CUBA–1950s Because Fidel Wears No Hat Estimada amiga, HAITI–1960s Because Because Instructions in Times of Emergency When a book is a sentence François Duvalier, Country Doctor François Duvalier, Living God Simone Duvalier CROSSINGS–1960s Because Diaspora Diaspora What Is Water? Because I Pray the United Nations Bureau Will Forward This Card to My Brother Rodney Georges Who Is Currently in the Congo, Whose Address I Don’t Know Letter from Léo The Reasons of Jacqueline Romain The Reasons of Rigobert Carty The Lake Behind You Thysville, 1966 Headwaters The Reasons of Ertha Élysée Auguste Notes on the School in Kinshasa Max Manigat in Kenge The Work Unannounced Evaluation Critique de Leçons The Contract of GEORGES, Rodney an accolade and ache CONGO–1965–1975 Because The environment was different from what I had known all my life what we missed and attempted to replicate what we found new and glorious Avenue des Flamboyants Beer and Babies In Kinshasa Because Trouble in Your Country Makak Mobutu Sese Seko, Messiah The Record of An Attempt to Purge the Country of Colonial Influence by Mobutu (and Unrelatedly a List of Cities in Which Haitians Lived, with Underscores Signaling Antecedents Unknown to Me) I could have Postcard | Front and Back Your Footprints CROSSINGS–1970s The Tintin Books Sunday Unwritten Letters to Their Parents by Children Boarding with Relatives in Port-au-Prince CROSSINGS–1986 Power CROSSINGS–ARTIFACTS Carved Ivory Head of a Woman A Congolese Cotton Shirt Embellished with a Portrait of Mobutu from the Collection of the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam A Closing CODA: CROSSINGS–2000s Because Crossings Notes Acknowledgments Bibliography

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“A brilliant achievement. Danielle Legros Georges’s Three Leaves, Three Roots makes a compelling case for the role of poet as custodian of what once was lost and now is found. In these times of voluntary and forced migrations, these poems are shining testaments and urgent exposés of historical injustice and tender lyrics. This collection places this poet where she belongs, in the front ranks of poets writing today.” —Lorna Goodison, author of Mother Muse “As the poet moves us through landscapes lost, discovered, and found again, from Port-au-Prince, Kinshasa, to the banks of the Rio Grande, we discover voices displaced, exiled, and scorned, with love for their shared African roots even as these move from one geography to another. Sweeping in its breadth and historical coverage, Three Leaves, Three Roots is a triumph of poetic quietude in the midst of the chaos that surrounds depictions of Haiti today.” —Myriam J. A. Chancy, author of What Storm, What Thunder “Three Leaves, Three Roots is a captivating collection of poems that vividly portrays the journeys of Haitian professionals, including Danielle Legros Georges’s parents, who traveled to the Congo in the 1960s to support the decolonization movement. Through beautiful and captivating language, Georges intertwines personal narratives and letters, crafting a compelling testimony to a pivotal yet often overlooked moment in history. This profound exploration of migration and solidarity pays tribute to the lives of those we encounter within its pages while illuminating Haiti’s potential as a symbol of global liberty.” —Edwidge Danticat, author of Brother, I’m Dying

“A brilliant achievement. Danielle Legros Georges’s Three Leaves, Three Roots makes a compelling case for the role of poet as custodian of what once was lost and now is found. In these times of voluntary and forced migrations, these poems are shining testaments and urgent exposés of historical injustice and tender lyrics. This collection places this poet where she belongs, in the front ranks of poets writing today.” —Lorna Goodison, author of Mother Muse

Author Information

Danielle Legros Georges (1964-2025) was a Haitian-born professor emerita of creative writing at Lesley University. She served as poetry laureate of Boston from 2014 to 2019 and was the author and translator of several books of poetry. Her work has been supported by fellowships and grants from the American Antiquarian Society, the PEN/Heim Translation Fund, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Boston Foundation, and the Black Metropolis Research Consortium.

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