The Kitchen-Dweller's Testimony

by Ladan Osman

Book Overview

Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, The Kitchen-Dweller's Testimony asks: Whose testimony is valid? Whose testimony is worth recording? Osman's speakers, who are almost always women, assert and reassert in an attempt to establish authority, often through persistent questioning. Specters of race, displacement, and colonialism are often present in her work, providing momentum for speakers to reach beyond their primary,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803266863
• ISBN13: 9780803266865
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"