Sam Bully-Thomas is an exciting new Caribbean-American poet. Born in upstate New York and mentored by Sir Derek Walcott, she is now based in the creative's haven of Athens, Georgia in the United States. This book traces the journey of sugar through the world and through history, making many imaginative stops along the way, via her original, restless poetic style. Sam Bully-Thomas' work has been published in a wide range of US journals, including the legendary Threepenny Review. She works as a writer of screenplays and an author of microfiction. Cane is her debut collection of poetry.'Her work is strong, rhythmic and confident, and continues the discourse of multicultural identity in the past and newly evolving'. Sir Derek Walcott