{"product_id":"the-tracks-of-my-name-9781780377551","title":"The Tracks of My Name","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tracks of My Name\u003c\/em\u003e sees Grace Nichols embarking on a journey across the English countryside to the small town of Olney in Buckinghamshire, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewhere the one-time English slave-trader (later abolitionist) John Newton lived.\u003c\/strong\u003e It was here that Newton wrote his famous hymn, \u003cem\u003eAmazing Grace. \u003c\/em\u003ewhich inspired Nichols' Guyanese Methodist parents to name her Grace Olney after both hymn and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA narrative sequence that reads as a personal quest, \u003cem\u003eThe Tracks of My Name\u003c\/em\u003e lyrically and imaginatively explores the relationship between memory and history, conscience and greed, as well as a sense of place and love of landscape, through her own distinctive way of viewing the world. Elsewhere she continues the interweave between her Guyanese\/Caribbean and British heritages, striking a more celebratory note with poems that draw from her various cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tracks of My Name\u003c\/em\u003e is Grace Nichols's fourth new collection with Bloodaxe since her retrospective, \u003cem\u003eI Have Crossed an Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), following \u003cem\u003ePicasso, I Want My Face Back\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), \u003cem\u003eThe Insomnia Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and \u003cem\u003ePassport to Here and There\u003c\/em\u003e (2020). She was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry for 2021. Her poetry is studied in UK schools as part of the GCSE National Curriculum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grace Nichols","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48308036600059,"sku":"9781780377551","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_7b644352-080b-4f87-bf29-74f4dc294417.jpg?v=1780515741","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-tracks-of-my-name-9781780377551","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}