{"product_id":"ejo-7-derick-burleson-9780299170202","title":"Ejo: Poems, Rwanda, 1991-1994 Volume 7","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1994 the worst episode of genocide since the Holocaust of the Second World War ravaged the Central African country of Rwanda. Derick Burleson lived there and taught at the National University during the two years leading up to the genocide. The poems in this collection explore the cataclysm in a variety of forms and voices through the culture, myths, and customs he absorbed during this time. \u003ci\u003eEjo\u003c\/i\u003e, meaning \"yesterday and tomorrow\" in Kinyarwandan, celebrates in language both lyrical and austere the lives of the friends Burleson made in Rwanda, those who survived to tell their own stories, and those whose voices were silenced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derick Burleson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299170209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299170202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2000 pg. 73","brand":"Derick Burleson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913575760127,"sku":"9780299170202","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_97566ad8-2056-4060-bd17-d8883aaadb8e.jpg?v=1680621145","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ejo-7-derick-burleson-9780299170202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}