Zea Mexican Diary: 7 September 1926--7 September 1986

by Edward Kamau Brathwaite

In May of 1986 Edward Kamau Brathwaite learned that his wife, Doris, was dying of cancer and had only a short time to live. Responding as a poet, he began "helplessly & spasmodically" to record her passage in a diary. Zea Mexican is a collection of excerpts from this diary and other notes from this period of the Brathwaites' lives, and few who read this book will fail to be caught up in the depth of Edward Brathwaite's grief.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029913640X
• ISBN13: 9780299136406
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"