These words feel like experiences.
And its layers of unusual imagery and sound hold the reader in their grip..
It uniquely captures the essence of Sodade, as it refers to the Cape Verdean American experience, and also the nostalgia and self-reflection one navigates through relationships lived, lost, and imagined.
Grounded in bodily experience and the phenomenology of femininity, this collection provides a sense of Cape Verdean identity.
Shauna Barbosa interrogates encounters and the weight of their space. --Kendrick Lamar, Grammy Award-winning artist, and winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music -- A Lit Hub Favorite Book of 2018 The speaker in Cape Verdean Blues is an oracle walking down the street.
A spiritual level.
Connect on a higher Level.
Some are personal, most are enlightening, but all connect.
These words feel like experiences
