One Plus One Is ... Um ... Don't Tell Me, Let Me Figure It Out For Myself

So I found this new book at the library, Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry, edited by Frank M. Chipasula, published this year by Southern Illinois University Press. It began with a selection of ancient Egyptian poetry and extended to the present; looked worth a read, so I checked it out. I started reading it this morning, and am about a hundred pages along now.But the