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Living by Troubled Waters
About This Book
Living by Troubled Waters is the third poetry collection by Roy McFarlane â an extraordinary, uncompromising book exploring slavery, colonialism, and the continued tragedies visited upon Black bodies whilst these legacies remain unresolved. In his close examination of the horror of racialised violence, McFarlane examines how the strong currents of the past and present flow side by side. His poems ask us to think about the Black Mediterranean of today as much as we do about the Windrush scandal and the aftershocks of trans-Atlantic slavery, where Black people are still imprisoned, enslaved and drowned as they flee persecution and poverty.
Living by Troubled Waters is innovative, formally experimental and far ranging in scope; erasure & inclusion (to make known) poems interweave and speak to the wider body of the collection. In his use of archival documents as a space for activism and linguistic intervention, McFarlane writes back into history, reclaiming voices and reshaping narratives. His poems also draw strength from themes of place and displacement, social justice, Black motherhood, family, art - and from the power of poetry itself as a witness to troubled times.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Authorâs Note:
- An aubade in response to how do you feel in the wake of George Floydâs death, realising Iâm holding a scream, decibels high enough to crack the fragility of white people
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- Black Mother
- Icarusâs mouth
- the dismembered past
- the Clearing
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- Notes
- Acknowledgements and Thanks
- Further Reading
- About the Author