pickPretty blown away by this & have read it 3x in the last two days. Truly a very beautifully written narrative that takes you across time, place & through a POV of understanding Antrobus‘ own self. Stories of family history & relationships tied in with the history of colonialism & racism. Antrobus‘ experience as a deaf child & adult permeates through this collection through his narrative & the use of closed captions between poems.
“To / you I offer my hull and the tattered cordage
of my will. The terrible channels where
the wind drives me against the brown lips
of the reeds are not all behind me. Yet
I trust the sanity of my vessel; and
if it sinks, it may well be in answer
to the reasoning of the eternal voices,
the waves which have kept me from reaching you.“ - from “To The Harbormaster“
Remembering Frank O'Hara on his birthday.
pickAbsolutely beautiful! #YouPickTBR23
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Zoey watched me read this one :) she approves :)
pickPowerful. Painful. Stark. Brilliant. I am curious as to how this reads in other formats. The art in the graphic novel however is fantastic.
