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Hands Washing Water

Chris Abani

Abani's fourth poetry collection - a mischevious book of displacement, exile, ancestry, and subversive humor.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
  • Publish Date: Oct 1st, 2006
  • Pages: 90
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.96in - 5.28in - 0.30in - 0.28lb
  • EAN: 9781556592478
  • Categories: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshCaribbean & Latin American

About the Author

Chris Abani was born in Nigeria in 1966 and published his first novel at sixteen. He has been imprisoned, tortured, and sentenced to death for his literary activities. After fleeing Nigeria he continued to write, and is the author of ten books of poetry and fiction. He teaches at UC Riverside.