Julie R reviewed The Perseverence by Raymond Antrobus
Interesting perspective
3 stars
The author is Deaf, as well as of mixed heritage, and this intersectionality is present in many of the poems. Maybe not as much as I'd have liked? but yeah. I feel like the larger, lurking presence of the author's father was the center around which all the poems spun, even when they weren't about the relationship. Nothing here really blew me away, but I found the interview in the back to be interesting and profound in many ways.
The author is Deaf, as well as of mixed heritage, and this intersectionality is present in many of the poems. Maybe not as much as I'd have liked? but yeah. I feel like the larger, lurking presence of the author's father was the center around which all the poems spun, even when they weren't about the relationship. Nothing here really blew me away, but I found the interview in the back to be interesting and profound in many ways.