A study of oriki, or oral praise poetry, which is a major part of both traditional performance and daily Yoruba life.

A study of oriki, or oral praise poetry, which is a major part of both traditional performance and daily Yoruba life.

A poetic ‘voice’ scans the rhythm of academic research, telling of the encounter with odún; then the voice falls silent. What is then raised is the dust of

In this magically evocative novel, William Maxwell explores the enigmatic gravity of the past, which compels us to keep explaining it even as it makes liars out

Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, one young girl is determined to save her brother from the draft—and gets help from an unlikely source—in this m