Thursday, August 5, 2021

Deaf Republic: Poems --by Ilia Kaminsky

 Nonfiction / Poetry

80 pages

5 Stars

 

 

I am blown away. Never have I read a book like this. It is a long poem made up of several small poems; it is a play in two acts. It is the beauty of love and survival juxtaposed against the nightmare of war and its cruelty. It is humor, it is tears. It is the most unique book I’ve ever read. Stunning. As someone said, it is something akin to grasping the live wire of poetry and feeling the current traverse your hand, your body, your brain. If you never read another book of poetry, read Deaf Republic.

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