How Decent Folk Behave (Large Print)

Paperback

Main Details

Title How Decent Folk Behave (Large Print)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Maxine Beneba Clarke
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:100
Dimensions(mm): Height 240,Width 155
Category/GenreLarge Print
RHYW Large Print
All Dates
Non-Fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9780369380463
Audience
General
Edition Large Print Edition

Publishing Details

Publisher RHYW Large Print
Imprint ReadHowYouWant
NZ Release Date 29 March 2022
Publication Country Australia

Description

we are all just one small disaster away from sinking, and sometimes you only realise when youre gasping for air On a daylight street in Minneapolis Minnesota, a Black man is asphyxiated - by callous knee of an officer, by cruel might of state, and under crushing weight of colony. In Melbourne the body of another woman has been found - this time, after catching a late tram home. The Atlantic has run out of the English alphabet, when christening hurricanes this season. The earth is on fire - from the redwoods of California, to Australias east coast. The sea draws back, and tsunamis lash out in Samoa and Sumatra. Water rises in Sulawesi and Nagasaki. Bloated cod are surfacing, all along the Murray Darling. The virus arrives, and the virus thrives. Authorities seal the public housing towers up, and truck in one cop to every five residents. Notre Dame is ablaze - the cathedral spire blackened, and teetering. Out in Biloela, the deportation vans have arrived. Every Friday, in cities all across the world, children are walking out of school. The wolves are circling. The wolves are circling. These poems speak of the world that is, and sing for a world that may one day be. One of the most compelling voices in Australian poetry this decade Overland Literary Journal a powerful and fearless storyteller Dave Eggers Readers are left with the sense they have been seen, heard and understood Books + Publishing