The House of the Interpreter Lisa Kelly

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This second collection is a plea for a broader understanding of how we communicate and embrace diversity, exploring how oppression of those considered 'other' has parallels with rising fascism.

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The House of the Interpreter by Lisa Kelly

A Poetry Book Society Summer Recommendation 2023 BBC Poetry Extra's Book of the Month August 2023 This, Lisa Kelly's second collection, responds to the repression of British Sign Language (BSL) as its occasion and inspiration. Kelly develops the subject through extended sequences which attend to mushrooms and fungi, lifeforms that develop in secret, unnoticed, unappreciated, yet whose existence enriches everyday life. What can such hidden others teach us - if we attune all our senses?

The House of the Interpreter Reviews

'First thing I love about Lisa Kelly's work is her incredible imagination - she tells the truth (about oralism, discrimination, injustice) but tells it in a way that's so lyrical it's instantly memorable. Which is to say: Kelly invents her own style. The second thing I love about The House of the Interpreter is that this manifesto for D/deaf culture, shimmering with music and lyric abandon, is unafraid of discovery...' - Ilya Kaminsky; 'Kelly's words are a sensory joy. We are taken through time, space and dimensions - almost quantum leaping through her observations, whilst she remains rooted to the Earth and attunes to life's vibrations and nature.' - Sophie Stone; 'In Kelly's second collection the speaker delves deeper into the nuances of Deaf culture, finding compelling connections (and networks) between the outer and inner worlds of deafness, BSL and between-ness.' - Raymond Antrobus; 'Her's is a magic that turns language into deep, moving, restless flesh.' - Jason Allen-Paisant

About Lisa Kelly

Lisa Kelly has single-sided deafness. She is also half Danish. Her debut, A Map Towards Fluency (Carcanet 2019), was shortlisted for for the Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize 2021. She is co-Chair of Magma Poetry and a regular host of poetry evenings at the Torriano Meeting House, London. She has been studying British Sign Language (BSL) for several years and has a Signature Level 6 qualification in BSL. Her poems have been selected for anthologies, including Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back (Nine Arches Press) and the Forward Book of Poetry. In 2021, she co-edited What Meets the Eye, an anthology of poetry and short fiction by UK Deaf, deaf and Hard of Hearing writers for Arachne Press. She teaches poetry and performance, and is a freelance technology journalist. To escape noise, she walks and looks out for, among other things, fungi.

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NGR9781800173125

ISBN 13

9781800173125

ISBN 10

1800173121

Title

The House of the Interpreter by Lisa Kelly

Author

Lisa Kelly

Condition

New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Carcanet Press Ltd

Year published

2023-04-27

Number of pages

104

Prizes

Commended for A Poetry Book Society Summer Recommendation 2023

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