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The Transcendental Poetry Of Naomi Waweru // by Frank Njugi //english_deutsch
“At sixteen, I am allowed to love a boy whose cheekbone is an analogy for how heavens hold rain intact just for Sunday mornings.” This is how my most memorable line from a Kenyan poem goes. A mesmerising line from a poem titled Analogy, published in the Liberian literary magazine Pepper Coast Lit, written by Naomi Waweru, who is perhaps one of the most exciting poets to emerge from Kenya in recent times.
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Maud Martha von Gwendolyn Brooks – A literary jewel is now available in German – deutsch/englisch
It is a small miracle that this book exists. Seventy years after its first publication in the U.S., Maud Martha has now been published in Germany by the classic publisher Manesse. It is the only novel by author Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks became famous for her poetry; she was also the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1950.