Feed Me the Sun Collected Long Poems

A collection of imaginative and witty poems, this work displays astonishing energy; beauty of expression; and a range of reference to contemporary life, history, art, and literature. Including both meditative and narrative poems, this volume frequently focuses on extreme situations where compassion, love, and individual determination triumph against all odds. "Daphne's Lot" explores the life of an Englishwoman, the poet's mother, as she is caught up in the madness of the Nigerian civil war, while "Buffalo Women"an epistolary sequence of poemsfollows two lovers mired by the American Civil War. Through irony and empathy, this collection presents characters who are at odds with their societies.

Chris Abani's prose includes Song For Night (Akashic), The Virgin of Flames (Penguin), Becoming Abigail (Akashic), GraceLand (FSG), and Masters of the Board (Delta). His poetry collections are Sanctificum (Copper Canyon Press, 2010), Hands Washing Water (Copper Canyon), Dog Woman (Red Hen), Daphne's Lot (Red Hen), and Kalakuta Republic (Saqi). He is a Professor at the University of California, Riverside and the recipient of the PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award, the Prince Claus Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a California Book Award, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a PEN Beyond the Margins Award, the PEN Hemingway Book Prize & a Guggenheim Award.