"He smelled a familiar smell"
Marvin, McCallum, Menashe, Kelly, Rukeyser
Cate Marvin:
Shara McCallum:
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Samuel Menashe:
Brigit Pegeen Kelly:
Muriel Rukeyser:
Exuma, “Exuma, the Obeah Man,” rec. early 1970:
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These are good & wonderful together. Cate Marvin's poem was visceral for me. Exuma's music is the whipped cream.