Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back Richard McKane a succinct and well-written survey

a succinct and well-written survey

The Poet and the Magazine

on sexual and domestic violence (‘When in Recovery’

and his beloved step-sister Moni Banu

translated by Radwa Ashour

Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back Richard McKane a succinct and well-written surveySandra Alland, Khairani Barokka and Daniel Sluman co edit Stairs and Whispers: D deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back, a ground breaking anthology examining the poetics of disabled and D deaf cultures. With contributions that span Vispo to Surrealism, and range from hard hitting political commentary to intimate lyrical pieces these poets refuse to perform or inspire according to tired old narratives. Five years after the seminal U. S. anthology, Beauty