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A trip to Triolet, a Creole village in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, leads the poet to ponder the past and present as she reflects on the ironic complexities of the slave trade and its legacy shared by so many peoples. And in \"The Cachoeira Tales,\" longing to take her family on a journey to \"some place sanctified by the Negro soul,\" the poet finds herself in Brazil's Bahia, along with a theater director, a jazz musician, a retired commercial pilot, an activist, a university student, and two mysterious African American women whom they meet along the way. In rhymed couplets, each pilgrim tells a story, and the result is a rollicking, sensual exploration of spirit and community, with a nod to Chaucer and to traditional Trickster tales.\u003cbr\u003e\nUsing her remarkable ability to educate and inspire, Marilyn Nelson demonstrates the power of travel to transform our imaginations. 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The need to write this story became even more personal and pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Paris sometimes uses the genre of \"memoir\" or \"hybrid memoir\" when referring to her work, in this case the term \"rememory,\" born from Toni Morrison's \u003cem\u003eBeloved\u003c\/em\u003e, feels most accurate. Paris is driven by the familial and historical spaces and by what happens when we remember seemingly disparate images and moments. The book's three sections are motivated by the ongoing movement for black lives-with the headings \"Bones,\" \"Bodies,\" and \"Souls.\" Paris's writing is raw and unapologetic as it delves into a history shaped by stories of terror and resistance. 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