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“And if I speak of Paradise”

A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson

May 28, 2021 by tiny_bookbot Leave a Comment

A Portable Paradise, Roger Robinson’s fourth poetry collection, didn’t come across my radar until it won the 2019 T. S. Eliot Prize for poetry. While literary prize culture is as fallible as, say, film awards like the Oscars, the TSE Prize shortlist is always interesting to look at, and the title poem immediately caught my interest. Unfortunately, it was incredibly hard to get my hands on a copy! Robinson’s publisher, Peepal Tree Press, is a small independent press, and it seems like demand for the […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: afro-caribbean, caribbean literature, poetry, Roger Robinson

tiny_bookbot's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: afro-caribbean, caribbean literature, poetry, Roger Robinson ·
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