Overcoming Speechlessness : A Poet Encounters the Horror in Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and Palestine/Israel (Paperback)

from monarchi

This is a brief but beautiful memoir of Alice Walker's travels to various war-torn places over the past decades. It is not an explicitly political book, but rather a series of short pieces that reflect her experiences and the stories she encountered. I can't give it five stars because I felt it f...

from 7sistersapphist

Very short, very righteous, and very much preaching to the choir. Although we all need to hear much more about crimes against humanity in Rwanda, the Congo, and Palestine/Israel, this book presents mostly individual stories and the author's reactions. Political horrors are made of individual horr...

from browngirl

While those of us who sit comfortably in front of our televisions to learn of the devastation occurring in the areas of focus in Overcoming Speechlessness, Walker was on the front lines sharing in the pain and the healing of those affected. She believes "whatever is currently happening to humanit...