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AUTHOR

‘“When I look at you, I see myself,” Umar Bin Hassan, one of the founding members of The Last Poets, said to me one day. Although I was a woman, 15 years younger than Umar, and from the Netherlands, I felt the same about him. Somehow that mutual identification, which I didn’t completely understand at the time, became the catalyst for writing this novel.’

TRANSLATOR

‘One of the great pleasures of reading The Last Poets was that it opened my eyes to the vibrant and invaluable world of music, African-American society, and civil rights. And one of the great pleasures of translating it ‘back’ into English was to experience the Poets’ passion, humor, optimism, and hardiness—literally in their own words.’

PUBLISHER

‘Christine Otten is one of the most devoted and passionate authors I know. The love and respect she shows toward the people she writes about is heartwarming and contagious. She is a writer one cannot help but love.’