A review by lumpyplume
Overcoming Speechlessness: A Poet Encounters the Horror in Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and Palestine/Israel by Alice Walker

5.0

A long form poem. Sometimes tragedy is exploited in art as voyeurism or vanity and self-indulgence. Alice Walker makes you forget these pitfalls exist. With deep empathy, Walker threads personal observations into the tragic narratives of people she has encountered. This book is a reminder of why we need artists.