{"product_id":"a-phial-of-passing-memories-9781774151921","title":"A Phial of Passing Memories","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Yékú's second collection lingers on a poetics of elsewhere, as seen through poems that evoke various memories. In \u003ci\u003eA Phial of Passing Memories\u003c\/i\u003e, the poems offer shifting sceneries that record the everyday and chronicle vagrant seasons. This collection presents the vivid imagination of a keen mind documenting the passing rhythms of the abiding and the mundane, unfurling in a dance of elegance and lyrical beauty. The poems meander but remain anchored in particular geographies, from where they engage the varied cadences of the human condition. They blend the strange and the familiar into a meditation on the power of unforgetting, the enjambments and stoppages of journeys, and the nature of things themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Yékú is a tenured professor at the University of Kansas where he teaches African literature, and digital cultures. In addition to two academic monographs, Yékú is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhere The Baedeker Leads\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmbivalent Encounters and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eA Phial of Passing Memories\u003c\/i\u003e is his second poetry collection. Yékú resides in Lawrence, Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572158759186,"sku":"9781774151921","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a81a22bd-a0a3-4a3e-bf84-8c59966e190e.jpg?v=1755855033","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-phial-of-passing-memories-9781774151921","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}