C.P. Cavafy: The Collected Poems with parallel Greek text (Oxford World's Classics) [2008] paperback ART 'I write about being a

'I write about being a Black American woman

The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city

charm and smouldering attraction

the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges

C.P. Cavafy: The Collected Poems with parallel Greek text (Oxford World's Classics) [2008] paperback ART 'I write about being a'a Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe' E. M. Forster E. M. Forster's description of C. P. Cavafy (1863 1933) perfectly encapsulates the unique perspective Cavafy brought to bear on history and geography, sexuality and language in his poems. Cavafy writes about people on the periphery, whose religious, ethnic and cultural identities are blurred, and he was one of the pioneers in expressing a