{"product_id":"no-gods-live-here-poems-9781646053322","title":"No Gods Live Here: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2021 WORDS WITHOUT BORDERS-ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS POEMS IN TRANSLATION CONTEST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Gods Live Here\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book-length collection by a woman from S?o Tom?eacute; to appear in English, is grounded in the lush islands' history of slavery, colonialism, and independence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA career-spanning collection from giant of Santomean poetry Concei??o Lima, \u003ci\u003eNo Gods Live Here\u003c\/i\u003e catalogues and memorializes the cruelties and triumphs of the country's past alongside the poet's own childhood poems set against the tiny island nation's distinctive flora and geography. Through vivid imagery, Lima evokes S?o Tom? and Pr?iacute;ncipe, from popular Santomean music to imagery of fishermen on the beach, while remaining ever aware of the subjective meeting of memory, time, and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough poetry, Lima unites past and present to resurrect hope in human creation and the possibility of metamorphosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConceição Lima\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1961 in the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, where she resides today. She studied journalism in Portugal and attended graduate school in London, where she later worked as a producer at the BBC's Portuguese Language Service. She has published four books of poetry: \u003ci\u003eO Útero da Casa\u003c\/i\u003e (The Womb of the House) in 2004, \u003ci\u003eA Dolorosa Raiz do Micondó\u003c\/i\u003e (The Painful Root of the Micondó) in 2006, \u003ci\u003eO País de Akendenguê\u003c\/i\u003e (The Country of Akendenguê) in 2011, and \u003ci\u003eQuando Florirem Salambás no Tecto do Pico\u003c\/i\u003e (When Velvet Tamarinds Flower on Pico de São Tomé) in 2015. Her work in Shook's translation has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJai-Alai\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShook\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and translator whose work with Conceição Lima has been recognized with a 2017\u003cbr\u003eTranslation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and as a winner of the 2021 Words\u003cbr\u003eWithout Borders--Academy of American Poets Poems in Translation Contest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Phoneme Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50661220253970,"sku":"9781646053322","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b076f0af-2689-492e-919f-7172d1d651d0.jpg?v=1733488391","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/no-gods-live-here-poems-9781646053322","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}