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 [...] Tag Archives: poetry
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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