| Description |
323 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Out of this time -- I do not want to alarm you -- Is this what dying looks like? -- Fred, do not be afraid -- You are my mortal enemy -- To fall, falling, and Never Land -- Help me, Anansi -- What Brer Rabbit did -- Surely I'm to be saved -- Hello, Miss Corona. Meet Mister Cancer -- The maddening pain -- The city is dying -- I listen and hear more -- I wake with his name on my tongue -- As long as I draw breath -- Juneteenth -- My father's body. |
| Summary |
"Combining personal reminiscence and philosophy, D’Aguiar confronts profound questions about the purpose of pursuing a life of writing and teaching in the face of overwhelming upheavals; the imaginative and artistic strategies a writer can bring to bear as his sense of self and community are severely tested; and the quest for strength and solace necessary to help forge a better future. Drawn from two cultural perspectives—his Caribbean upbringing and his American lifestyle—D’Aguiar’s beautiful and challenging memoir is a paean of resistance to despotic authority and life-threatening disease." --Publisher. |
| Subject |
D'Aguiar, Fred, 1960-
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Authors, Guyanese -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Discrimination -- United States.
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Racism -- United States.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
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Two thousand twenty, A.D.
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Epidemics.
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| Genre |
Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9780063091535 |
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0063091534 |
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