Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back Michael McCarthy His poems bring to life

His poems bring to life a theatre of awakenings and apprehensions

to face the firing squad

a distinct voice and a unsettling view of the domestic

Muhsin al-Ramly: Short story Boredom

Cecilia McGovern was born in County Mayo and has lived in Dublin all her adult life

Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back Michael McCarthy His poems bring to lifeSandra 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