Refractive Africa by Will Alexander
PBS Spring Recommendation 2022 Paul Sutherland a wryly stoic observation

a wryly stoic observation

like river deltas

no ingratiating mannerisms

consistently surprising - the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins poem

and the lines are in constant motion: approaching

Refractive Africa by Will Alexander <b><br>PBS Spring Recommendation 2022</b> Paul Sutherland a wryly stoic observationRefractive Africa is a set of three poems ruminating on diasporic witness, colonialism, invasion, and political resistance. This pas de trois of poems begins paying homage to Amos Tutuola, innovative Nigerian Yoruban author, and ends with a speech towards modernist Malagasy poet Jean Joseph Rabearivelo. The collection turns around the long middle poem, using the geographical site of the Congo river as a lens for considering the pillaging and