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03173aam a2200517 i 4500 001 91CDB5A0664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221117010035 008 201006s2021 pau b 000 p eng 010 $a 2020044884 020 $a 1684483115 020 $a 9781684483112 020 $a 1684483107 020 $a 9781684483105 035 $a (OCoLC)1200578215 040 $a IEN/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d CDX $d PBU $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YUS $d NYP $d OCLCO $d IL4J6 $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-sl--- 050 00 $a PS3619.T476494 $b T47 2021 082 04 $a 811.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Stepakoff, Shanee, $e author. 245 10 $a Testimony : $b found poems from the special court for Sierra Leone / $c Shanee Stepakoff ; foreword by Ernest D. Cole. 264 1 $a Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : $b Bucknell University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xvi, 165 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a The Griot Project book series 520 $a "This stirring collection is derived from public testimonies at a UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Freetown, Sierra Leone. By rendering selected trial transcripts in poetic form, Shanee Stepakoff has provided new insights into the realities of the civil war of 1991-2002 and the suffering (as well as the dignity, courage, and strength of spirit) of the millions of people who were affected by it. Her use of innovative literary techniques helps to ensure that the voices of survivors are amplified and not forgotten. In a helpful introduction, Dr. Stepakoff discusses specific reasons that the genre of "found poetry" serves as a uniquely powerful means by which writers can bear witness to atrocity. In the tradition of Charles Reznikoff's 1975 collection of found poems based on the transcripts of the Nuremberg and Eichmann trials, Shanee Stepakoff's excavation and shaping of survivor testimonies opens a new possibility for speaking about the unspeakable"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155). 505 0 $a Foreword -- Introduction -- The Amputee's Mother -- The Child Soldier -- The Grieving Father -- The Rape Survivor -- The Blinded Farmer -- The Widower -- The Gravedigger -- The Beggar -- The Victim Of War. 648 7 $a 1991-2002 $2 fast 650 0 $a War crime trials $z Sierra Leone $v Poetry. 650 0 $a Witnesses $z Sierra Leone $v Poetry. 650 0 $a War crimes $z Sierra Leone $v Poetry. 650 0 $a War and crime $z Sierra Leone $v Poetry. 650 7 $a War crime trials. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01170459 651 0 $a Sierra Leone $x History $y Civil War, 1991-2002 $v Poetry. 651 0 $a Sierra Leone $x History $y Civil War, 1991-2002 $v Poetry. $v Poetry. 651 7 $a Sierra Leone. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210248 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Poetry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423828 655 7 $a War poetry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726785 655 7 $a War poetry. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Cole, Ernest, $d 1965- $e author of foreword. 830 0 $a Griot Project book series. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012342.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=91CDB5A0664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search