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The Voice of Sheila Chandra

Kazim Ali author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The 87 Press

Published:21st Nov '24

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UK publication of Foreword INDIES Awards Finalist and Julie Suk Award Longlist for 2020

Titled for the influential singer left almost voiceless by a terrible syndrome, the poems bring sweet melodies and rhythms as the voices blend and become multitudinous.

Titled for the influential singer left almost voiceless by a terrible syndrome, the poems bring sweet melodies and rhythms as the voices blend and become multitudinous. There's an honouring of not only survival, but of persistence, as this part research-based, pensive collection contemplates what it takes to move forward when the unimaginable holds you back.

“A small ditty, easy to get lost in the sound—the cacophony, the lilt of the question, the repetition, and the nugget of casual speech lumped among the final three rhymes. To lose oneself in the sonic elements and reverberations is common here and throughout the collection.”

-- John Bonanni * The Kenyon Revi

  • Winner of Poetry Book Society Summer Choice 2021 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Foreword INDIES Awards 2020 (United States)
  • Long-listed for Julie Suk Award 2020 (United States)

ISBN: 9781068644641

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

79 pages