A series et long poems for performance, Charles Cantalupo's Anima/i, Wo/man And Other Spirits was written following several visits over several years to Africa, where the poet experienced a profound conversion and conviction that, among other things, that continent is undergoing a profound reawakening akin in many details to the European Renaissance A former Renaissance scholar -- he's written a book on the importance of Thomas Hobbes -- and currently scholar of African cultures and religions, Charles Cantalupo's poetry has appeared in several previous books, in magazines (eg, apex of the M) and performed in 'multi-media' stagings.

Anima/L Wo/Man and Other Spirits

Literature & Fiction

Cantalupo, Charles

Poetry

Spectacular Diseases

Poetry, Mysticism and Feminism from the Nave to Th' Chops : An Interview With Barbara Mor

Mor, Barbara

This eye-opening personal history tells the story of an American college professor’s twenty-year engagement with a thriving Africa rarely encountered by Western visitors, including an extraordinary connection to poets across the continent. At once adventurous, spiritual, political, dreamlike, and humorous, Joining Africa is a unique documentary of a journey through the continent, including an intense five-year encounter with economically struggling but culturally fertile Eritrea. The Africa presented here is neither a postcolonial study nor an exotic tourist destination. It is rich with the voices of its people, whose languages, Cantalupo argues, have greater potential to effect change than any NGO or high-profile celebrity. In vibrant prose, Cantalupo’s book extends a stirring invitation to reevaluate how we engage―both individually and collectively―with this remarkable part of the world.

Joining Africa: From Anthills to Asmara

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Michigan State University Press

"Charles Cantalupo has written a book that crosses all the genres: Where War Was: Poems and Translations from Eritrea is part translation, part reflection, part epic, illustrated with starkly beautiful photographic images by Lawrence Sykes. Cantalupo's poetry recounts his own journey in Eritrea, and his translations of poems by Eritrean writers are authentic and memorable." - Alexandra Dugdale, Editor, Modern Poetry in Translation Charles Cantalupo has two previous collections of poetry - Light the Lights and Animal Woman and Other Spirits. His translations of Eritrean poetry include We Have Our Voice, We Invented the Wheel, and Who Needs a Story, and he has written War and Peace in Contemporary Eritrean Poetry. Distinguished Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and African Studies at Penn State University, he is also the author of books on Thomas Hobbes and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and a memoir, Joining Africa - From Anthills to Asmara.

Where War Was. Poems and Translations from Eritrea

Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers

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