Hands Washing Water
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: October 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 83
ISBN-13: 9781556592478
Subjects: Poetry; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Poetry / General; General
Description: From the cover. Chris Abani was imprisoned, tortured, and sentenced to death for his literary activities. After fleeing Nigeria he continued to write poetry and fiction. Hands Washing Water is Abani's fourth poetry collection, a book of subversive humor, exile, and ancestry that expands beyond personal history to envision a greater compassion. "If there's nothing at risk," Abani once said in an interview, "it cannot be art."