No Gods Live Here: Poems

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One of the few book-length poetry collections from So Tom to appear in English, Limas poetry is grounded in place and history of the region.

A career-spanning collection from Sao Tomean master Conceicao Lima, No Gods Live Here summons the intricacies of her personal history of the landscape with the complicated lineage of the region. Lima houses the cruelties of the countrys past alongside childhood memories, flora, and fauna. Through vivid imagery, Limas deep evocations of So Tom extend from popular Santomean music to imagery of fishermen on the beach, while ever-aware of the subjective meeting of memory, time, and place. Through poetry, Lima brings past and present together to resurrect hope in human creation and the possibility of metamorphosis.