In these poems, Danielle Legros Georges explores her heritage as a Haitian and as an American immigrant in highly original and rhythmic verse. Her poems examine the traumatic experiences that brought her parents to America and the pain of exile, but they also explore the delights of love and the beauty of nature. And like the impudent child in one of her poems who licks the light-colored makeup off a woman’s face, Danielle Legros Georges chips away at the ready-made identities offered up by nationality in her search for a more complete understanding of self.
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