A is for Oboe: The Orchestra's Alphabet Gwyneth Lewis ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS

ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society—and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo Award–nominated song “The Deep” from Daveed Diggs’s rap group clipping Yetu holds the memories for her people—water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners—who live idyllic lives in the deep

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A is for Oboe: The Orchestra's Alphabet Gwyneth Lewis ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKSThis deeply imaginative and entertaining poetry collection details the pleasures of the orchestra, from strong willed A to satisfied Z. Two widely acclaimed poets one a composer and classical pianist as well have come together to create this extraordinary portrait of the orchestra in all of its richness and fascination, using the structure of the alphabet in a way that's entirely new and delightful. A is for the first note you hear as you take your