Review by Theresa Wolfwood
The poems in this book are powerful messages about the cruelty and violence, often hidden and denied, in families, communities and countries. Although Grover is rooted in his own Indian culture there is a painful universality about the revelations in his poems. He travels from the intimacy of the bedroom to the assumption of male superiority in community to the cry for justice globally. Where there is violence and oppression there is always resistance and it is the power of that resistance that brings hope and redemption Read more [...] Monthly Archives: June 2015
Grover, Sumeet. House Arrest & Disobedience, 2015, Smallberry Press, London. UK
Review by Theresa Wolfwood
The poems in this book are powerful messages about the cruelty and violence, often hidden and denied, in families, communities and countries. Although Grover is rooted in his own Indian culture there is a painful universality about the revelations in his poems. He travels from the intimacy of the bedroom to the assumption of male superiority in community to the cry for justice globally. Where there is violence and oppression there is always resistance and it is the power of that resistance that brings hope and redemption Read more [...] Comments Off on Grover, Sumeet. House Arrest & Disobedience, 2015, Smallberry Press, London. UK
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Guantanamo chez nous ? Editions Antidote Brussels, Belgium. 2014 ISBN : 9782930802008 in French
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A partir de ce court récit très bien écrit, Luk Vervaet nous amène dans le monde carcéral de la lutte ‘anti-terroriste’ de l’état Belge. Tout en présentant un bon aperçu, l’auteur mise sur le cas spécifique et très actuel d’un monsieur Nizar Trabelsi. Son présume délit fut d’avoir participé à la planification d’un attentat à la base militaire Kleine Brogel; l’attentat n’a jamais été réalisé.
Sans procès, et suite à des accusations restées secrètes, ce tunisien fut incarcéré en Belgique Read more [...] Comments Off on Guantanamo chez nous ? Editions Antidote Brussels, Belgium. 2014 ISBN : 9782930802008 in French
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