Maxine Beneba Clarke

How Decent Folk Behave

stephanie

It was refreshing to read a collection which captured the reality that I/many of us are living in right now, & particularly in the past 2 years with everything going on around the world…
For me, it elicited both the anger and grief felt over what was lost these past couple years, as well as the hopefulness that comes with moving forward - even if that’s our only choice. I also appreciated how it portrayed various experiences of POC in Australia - a still racist country.
My favourite in this collection would probably be the final poem, ‘fire moves faster’.

How Decent Folk Behave

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