{"product_id":"oh-witness-dey-paperback","title":"Oh Witness Dey! - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShani Mootoo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShani Mootoo's great-great-grandparents were brought to Trinidad as indentured labourers by the British. There is no record of where they were from in India or whether it was kidnapping, trickery, or false promises of wealth that took them to the Caribbean. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOh Witness Dey! \u003c\/i\u003eMootoo expands the question of origins, from ancestry percentages and journey narratives, through memory, story, and lyric fragments. These vibrant poems transcend the tropes of colonial violence through saints and spices, rebellion and joy, to reimagine tensions and solidarities among various diasporas. They circumvent traditional conventions of style to find new routes toward understanding. They invite the reader to witness history, displacements, and the legacies of our inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHANI MOOTOO\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Ireland and raised in Trinidad. Mootoo's highly acclaimed writing includes the novels \u003ci\u003eCereus Blooms at Night\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePolar Vortex\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, as well as the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eCane\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOh Witness Dey!\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003eWasafiri\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRoom Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters honoris causa from Western University, is a recipient of Lambda Literary's James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize, and the Writers' Trust Engel Findley Award. She lives in Southern Ontario, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758958969120,"sku":"9781771668767","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/efa92436b7a6fd3d2fbebb0e0fb81e6e.webp?v=1780139990","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/oh-witness-dey-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}