By Love Possessed: Stories

"A beautifully written and evocative book."
--Danielle Evans, author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize

"Written by the hand of a poet, the prose in this collection is consistently beautiful."
--Elizabeth Nunez, author of Prospero's Daughter and Boundaries

"I love the tender beautiful writing; I love the characters, and in many ways it felt as if I had met them before....I just love this book."
--Uwem Akpan, author of Say You're One of Them, an Oprah Book Club selection

Internationally renowned and award-winning poet Lorna Goodison brings us By Love Possessed, her long-anticipated collection of short fiction. Making dazzling use of the Creole patois of Jamaica, Goodison limns the beauty and despair of the human condition and explores the unique power of love to both uplift and destroy. Goodison's powerfully moving stories explore the pain, the struggle, and the triumph of Jamaicans--particularly women--those still living on their Caribbean island and those who have emigrated elsewhere. By Love Possessed is a rare and beautiful gift from an extraordinary writer who was mentored by the legendary Derek Walcott and who stands with Edwidge Danticat as a brave and breathtaking voice in contemporary literature.

ISBN-13: 9780062127358

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Amistad Press

Publication Date: 05-29-2012

Pages: 272

Product Dimensions: 8.24h x 5.37w x 0.66d

Goodison, Lorna: -

Lorna Goodison is an internationally recognized poet who has published eight books of poetry and two collections of short stories. In 1999 she received the Musgrave Gold Medal from Jamaica, and her work has been widely translated and anthologized in major collections of contemporary poetry. Born in Jamaica, Goodison now teaches at the University of Michigan. She divides her time between Ann Arbor and Toronto.