Ebook: Among the bloodpeople: politics and flesh

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction by Yusef Komunyakaa; THE CARIBBEAN AND JAMAICA; This Jamaican Family: The Word, and Dreams; An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Jamaica (June 2008); "But What Kind of Nonsense Is That?" Callaloo and Diaspora; Toward a Queer Prayer; The Bloodpeople in the Language; Again, a Book of Dreams (Reflections on Our Caribbean); Jamaican, Octopus; FIVE WRITERS, NO PRECIOUSNESS, AND A NOT-POEM; Andrew Salkey's Escape to an Autumn Pavement: An Introduction; The Four of Them; Against Preciousness; Interview with the Not-Poem.;Thomas Glave has been admired for his unique style and exploration of taboo, politically volatile topics. The award-winning author's new collection, Among the Bloodpeople, contains all the power and daring of his earlier writing but ventures even further into the political, the personal, and the secret. Each essay in the volume reveals a passionate commitment to social justice and human truth. Whether confronting Jamaica's prime minister on antigay bigotry, contemplating the risks and seductions of "outlawed" sex, exploring a world of octopuses and men performing somersaults in the Caribbean Sea, or challenging repressive tactics employed at the University of Cambridge, Glave expresses the observations of a global citizen with the voice of a poet.