The Language of Eldorado by Mark McWatt Mark McWatt immigration and the life of

immigration and the life of the European peasantry

where pitch signifies both the stickiness of memory – the way the La Brea Pitch Lake is a place where “buried trees [are] born again” – and the idea of scattering: of places and impressions and the effort to hold them in one vision

At the heart of the collection are her multi-voiced Aftersongs exploring the nature of the male gaze

Jara was arrested

But he does so with rhythmic subtlety and verbal craftsmanship

The Language of Eldorado by Mark McWatt Mark McWatt immigration and the life ofWinner of the Guyana Prize, The Language of Eldorado has been long recognised as an outstanding work of Caribbean poetry. Its beauty lies in its ability to convey complex ideas through concrete images that work on the reader both sensually and intellectually. Its focus is the relationship between language, landscape and the history of human settlement in Guyana. The collection is dedicated to Wilson Harris whose challenging and paradigm changing ideas