{"product_id":"earthstepper-the-ocean-is-very-shallow-9780958454223","title":"earthstepper\/ the ocean is very shallow","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Seitlhamo Motsapi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Deep South\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Deep South\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: African\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ei have one eye full of dreams \u0026amp; hintentions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the other is full of broken mirrors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u0026amp; cracked churchbells\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ei have one eye full of rivers \u0026amp; welcomes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe other is full of flickers \u0026amp; fades\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ei have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea memory full of paths \u0026amp; anointings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea mouth full of ripe infant suns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseven legs for the dancing river \u0026amp; the clement abyss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp; a hope that corrodes the convulsions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe bless the long rough road \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe bless the inscrutable darkness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere our names are rent into spirit \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe bless the splinters \u0026amp; the air full of asphyxiations \u0026amp; amnesia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe bless our lacerations \u0026amp; our deformities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a redesigned second printing of Seitlhamo Motsapi's acclaimed earthstepper, first published in 1996. Reviewing earthstepper in New Coin, Laura Chrisman wrote: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA very far cry from official New South African pietistic discourse of reconciliation, this collection brilliantly fuses pan-Africanist militancy, romantic spirituality, and scathing attack on neo-colonialism in its global and local forms. The political urgency is never compromised by empty rhetorical posturing or aesthetic banality: this is a rich, experimental poetry, raining down fresh imagery, complex conceits carefully patterned to produce a volume of striking originality and stylistic rigour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep South","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47813105352855,"sku":"9780958454223","price":1672.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780958454223.webp?v=1778333580","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/earthstepper-the-ocean-is-very-shallow-9780958454223","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}