Book details:
Poetry
Paperback • 64 pages • 6 in x 7 in
ISBN 9780985977320
Publication Date: 01/05/2013
THE APHASIA CAFÉ
by Dawn McGuire
The poems of THE APHASIA CAFÉ write the lives of individuals who, because of stroke or dementia, have lost all or part of their ability to use language, exploring what happens to self when language, the tool we use to construct who we are, suddenly fractures along one of its many fault lines. Sections of THE APHASIA CAFÉ also explore language and self-identity in relation to family life, political violence, bigotry, shame, and redemption.
Other sections of The Aphasia Cafe also explore language and self-identity, but in relation to family life, political violence, bigotry, shame and redemption.
These imaginatively straightforward poems, accessible to all of us 'aphasics', as we struggle to understand and to communicate who we are.
Winner of the Winner of the 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the category of poetry!in the category of poetry!
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About the Author:
Dawn McGuire is a neurologist and author of four poetry collections, SLEEPING IN AFRICA, HANDS ON, AMERICAN DREAM WITH EXIT WOUND (IF SF Publishing, 2017) and THE APHASIA CAFÉ (IF SF Publishing, 2012), winner of the 2013 Indie Book Award for Poetry. READ MORE…