“The issue here is not race; the issue is self-respect and self-empowerment of women. The lovely thing about this production [is that] we’ve had people – because of the domestic violence theme – there have been women who’ve decided to take action and there have been men who have reassessed their behavior towards women. We […]
Tag: Lisa Allen-Agostini
Onan’s Sin (For Edward Kamau Brathwaite’s NEGUS)
I am tired of keening in oblivion Empty words of an extinct species Saying nothing Meaning nothing Being nothing. Where is the word that trumpets freedom screams truth beats down the gates of pretense and takes eternity by the throat? Where is the word of blood and body? Where is the living word? A […]
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The telephone on the stand rings. My attention snaps back and forth between its incessant jangling and the television I am watching. Stupid ads. I pick up the phone. “Hello” I half listen, half concentrate on the tv. Something said intimately next to my ear makes me finally attend to the conversation. “Yes? What? Oh […]
Issue 1 – Lisa Allen-Agostini
ONE LESS IMMIGRANT Alleged summer day and The sky is dirty silver. My breath falls, Forms wreaths of understanding. You are right: This isn’t home. August, and Relentless colour blooms, Fools others to forget Relentless cold. The trees are not fooled. For them it’s halloween. Pretending to be poui They are dressing up in gold […]