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An Interview with Poet Soraya Peerbaye
Soraya Peerbaye’s first collection of poems, Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, contains as improbable a personal and poetic map as exists in the chorus of new Toronto voices. From Mauritius to Tierra de Fuego to, yes, Antarctica, the book is a linguistically ambitious micro-epic that never has to leave the intimacy of the author’s personal history to achieve its dizzying scope. A challenging melee of often incongruous cultural and historical cues, the book is warmed by the specificity of its humanity and the aptness of Peerbaye’s observations.
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