Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom

Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom
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Total Pages : 80
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Book Synopsis Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom by : Marcia Douglas

Download or read book Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom written by Marcia Douglas and published by Poetry Book Society Recommenda. This book was released on 1999 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcia Douglas, who was born in England and grew up in Jamaica, presents poems beginning with the image of the voicelessness of the country people who witness the coming of lights to Cocoa Bottom but have no one amongst them to record the event. Each poem has its own poignant individually, but there is also a powerful sense of architecture which runs through the collection.


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