Desire Path // Poems (Pre-order, Oct 13 2026)

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Desire Path explores how everyday life, memory, history, and politics work against and toward each other across communities and national boundaries. This collection pleats numerous lives: a boy sent to the shops, a neighborhood thief, widows, gravediggers, debtors, and inheritors. There are multifoliate Englishes and silences, glimpses of music by icons such as Bi Kidude and Kanda Bongo Man. There is eros, storytelling, and haunting joy here. Migwi Mwangi is a storyteller from Nairobi. His honors include the George Bogin Award from The Poetry Society of America and the Strousse Award from Prairie Schooner. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Publish Date: October 13, 2026 Pages: 136 Language: English Type: Paperback EAN/UPC: 9780822968344 Dimensions: 8 in H | 6 in W BISAC Categories: Poetry Show more