Fiery spirits Book

	Introduction
	The Crystal Cave	1
	Dryland: In My Village	16
	Lamentations: A Letter to My Mother	23
	The Woman in the Pit and Elephant's Trunk	36
	A Woman Is a Child	48
	Canopus	55
	Nocturne for Roots	56
	Africa - Guyana!	57
	My Grandfather and I	60
	Living Out the Winter	72
	La pacotille	100
	Affirmative Action	125
	Foggy Seasons	137
	Catharsis/One	161
	Listen to the Language	165
	Shoes	166
	Why	168
	Moonface	179
	Atavism	188
	Between Destinies	189
	Daydreaming About My Father	191
	Grief	194
	Weight of War	195
	In a Breath ...	196
	Every Goodbye Ain't Gone	198
	Town	199
	The Brown Moth	200
	Three Passages from Elizet	214
	About the Authors	223