{"product_id":"i-even-regret-night-holi-songs-of-demerara-9781885030597","title":"I Even Regret Night: Holi Songs of Demerara","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Academy of American Poets Harold Morton Landon Translation Prize, 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning Indo-Caribbean poet Rajiv Mohabir (born 1981) brings his own poetic swagger and family history to a groundbreaking translation of Lalbihari Sharma's \u003ci\u003eHoli Songs of Demerara\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in India in 1916--the only known literary work written by an indentured servant in the Anglophone Caribbean. Sharma, originally from Chapra in the current Indian state of Bihar, was bound to the Golden Fleece Plantation in British Guyana. His poems about the hardships of \"\"coolie\"\" life on the island were originally published in the Bhojpuri dialect as a pamphlet of spiritual songs in the style of 16th-century devotional poetry. \u003ci\u003eI Even Regret Night\u003c\/i\u003e brings Mohabir's new translation of Sharma's text together with a contextualizing introduction by Gaitra Bahadur, who found the manuscript in the British Library, and an afterward by Mohabir exploring the role of poetry in resisting the erasure of this often-overlooked community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lalbihari Sharma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaya Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.70h x 4.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781885030597","brand":"Kaya Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46858638983305,"sku":"9781885030597","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_37ff343a-e020-458d-a080-8d490d37b2eb.jpg?v=1780983581","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/i-even-regret-night-holi-songs-of-demerara-9781885030597","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}