num_pages: 108
description: Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets Ethiopian American Mahtem Shiferraws Fuchsia examines conceptions of the displaced disassembled and nomadic self. Embedded in her poems are colors elements and sensations that evoke painful memories related to deep-seated remnants of trauma war and diaspora. Yet rooted in these losses and dangers also lie opportunities for mending and reflecting evoking a distinct sense of hope. Elegant and traditional the poems in Fuchsia examine what it means to both recall the past and continue onward with a richer understanding.
language: English
title: Fuchsia
publisher: University of Nebraska Press