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Poetry Book
HIGHER GROUND -
Finishing Line Press, 2006
nominated for the Massachusetts Book Award
cover art by: Lila Khan
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Enzo Surin is a traditionalist in the best sense. He sees the value of preserving what has sustained the black community; be it poetry, or the barbershop--and recognizes how difficult it is to preserve anything in the blighted racist ghetto world that tries to “beat out every last spiritual” in a man. James Baldwin tells us that love is difficult. Surin testifies to that, and, like Baldwin, he also testifies to love’s necessity: “I guess I’ll keep on writing/ until my lines can stop a bullet.” This is poetry that matters.
- J.D. Scrimgeour, award-winning author and poet
Enzo Surin has given us a powerful, compelling, and excellent collection in Higher Ground. A fine achievement.
- Leah Maines, editor and award-winning author
Enzo Surin writes, "I guess I'll keep on writing until my lines can stop a bullet" and we're grateful for his commitment, for his willingness in a world where "each step taken toward higher ground feels cold..." These are bold, necessary poems.
- Dorianne Laux, award-winning poet and author
Poems
 Tidal Basin Review - Spring 2011 |
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 Grassroots Literature - Winter 2010 |
 Freshwater Journal |
"Poetry in Nine Rounds" |
 The Caribbean Writer |
 Red River Review |
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"La Caille, Haiti (Heaven's Mouth)" |
Other Books
A Different Kind of Love
eBook edition,
Smashwords, 2009
(coming to print in 2012)
cover art by: Lila Khan
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