Title: Electricity comes to Cocoa Bottom
First published: 1999
Description: Marcia Douglas, who was born in England and grew up in Jamaica, presents poems beginning with the image of the voicelessness of the country people who witness the coming of lights to Cocoa Bottom but have no one amongst them to record the event. Each poem has its own poignant individually, but there is also a powerful sense of architecture which runs through the collection.
Subjects: Poetry (poetic works by one author), American poetry
LC classification: PS3554.O8274 E44 1999