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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary poetry that tackles social and cultural issues, especially those exploring identity, migration, and postcolonial themes. Recommended for lovers of bold, lyrical verse with a global perspective.
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See moreAn explosive entry into the world of poetry from the most acclaimed debut poet ever in the Dutch language.
Serial rights targeting The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, Guernica, and others Print and digital publicity targeting NPR, The Atlantic, Public Books, The Rumpus, Bookforum, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The White Review, Words Without Borders, World Literature Today, Asymptote, Music & Literature, Little Star, A Public Space, and others Promotion at or events pitched for Texas Book Festival, LitQuake, Brooklyn Book Festival, WordPlay, National Book Festival, Winter Institute Review copies will be sent targeting all major print and digital literary media outlets, reviewers, and booksellers; additional copies available upon request Promotion on the publisher’s website (deepvellum.org), Twitter feed (@deepvellum), and Facebook page (/deepvellum); and publisher’s e-newsletter
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Subversive, visual, and bold, Curaçao-born Dutch Radna Fabias' explosive debut collection Habitus marks the entry of a genre-altering poet. Habitus is a collection full of thrilling sensory images, lines in turn grim and enchanting, which move from the Caribbean island of Curaçao to the immigrant experience of the Netherlands. Fabias' intrepid masterpiece explores issues of racism, neo-colonialism, poverty, and sexism with a heartbreaking rhythm and endless nuance.
Broken into three parts ("View with coconut," "Rib," and "Demonstrable effort made"), Habitus explores the profound struggles of melancholic longing, womanhood, religion, and migration. This ambitious, powerful, and compassionate collection has emerged, cheering on ambiguity, fluidity, and a lyrical ego on a quest to find its home.
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Winner of multiple poetry prizes including the 2019 Grand Poetry Prize of the Netherlands. Megan Fernandes of the Poetry Foundation praises its "measured unruliness" and authoritative voice confronting the hidden violence of the nation-state. Foreword Reviews highlights Fabias' craft rooted in "strangers and strangeness, liberty and lyricism." Action Books notes the collection’s geographic and thematic breadth while maintaining resonant stillness.
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ISBN: 9781646050987
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 November 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: Deep Vellum Publishing
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Translated by David Colmer
- Translated by David Colmer
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 112
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About the Author
Radna Fabias was born on the Caribbean island of Curacao and moved to the Netherlands to study at the age of seventeen. Her first collection of poetry, Habitus, was published in 2018 to universal acclaim and went on to win an unprecedented five Dutch and Belgian poetry prizes. Habitus has also been translated into French, with Spanish, German, and Italian editions in production.
David Colmer is an Australian writer, editor, and translator, mainly of Dutch-language literature. He translates in a range of genres and has won many prizes, including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (both with novelist Gerbrand Bakker), and most recently the James Brockway Prize for his poetry translations.
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