Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back Michael McCarthy a distinct voice and a

a distinct voice and a unsettling view of the domestic

Emeritus Professor of Anglo-Irish Literature at University College Dublin

to face the firing squad

but begins an affair with another man

this is a story that will be talked about for years to come

Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back Michael McCarthy a distinct voice and aSandra 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