In a collection of poems that is part biography, part dialogue, part history and part chorale, The Lesser Tragedy of Death aims to capture the ephemeral, brutal life of one unnamed brother'. His sister's voice provides the narrative thrust - probing, questioning, regretful - revisiting scenes from their past and arguing with her brother over the family legacy and her complicity in his demise.'

Author Biography

Cristina Garcia is the author of several novels-including Dreaming in Cuban and A Handbook to Luck-anthologies, and books for young readers. The Lesser Tragedy of Death is her first collection of poetry. Garcia's work has been nominated for a National Book Award and translated into a dozen languages. Chris Abani, curator of Akashic's Black Goat poetry imprint, is a Nigerian poet and novelist and the author of Song for Night, The Virgin of Flames, Becoming Abigail, and GraceLand (a selection of the Today Show Book Club; winner of the 2005 PEN/Hemingway Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award).