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A Language Not Of Words
Paperback
General Racism & Ethnic Studies
ISBN13: 9781764159135
Publisher: Mary-Kate Louis
Published: Apr 28 2026
Pages: 66
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.16 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In her evocative new collection, A Language Not Of Words, Mary-Kate Louis explores the visceral blueprint of love, not as a fleeting feeling, but as the very anchor that holds us steady when the earth is not. Following the raw inquiry of her acclaimed chapbook A Kingdom Made of Wounds, this work marks a definitive transformation from the shadows of survival into the silver light of connection.
Spanning the red dust of Australia to the whispering streets of London, these poems trace a heroic journey of reclaiming sovereignty. Through the rhythmic lens of a seeker of truth, Louis navigates the quiet tension of court orders, the invisible walls of societal expectations, and the ultimate courage required to announce one's own arrival.
A Language Not Of Words is a celebration of the thousand versions of ourselves that finally learn how to return home. It is a testament to the mother, the migrant, and the survivor who chooses to write her legacy in ink rather than the dirt.
Inside this collection:
Act I: The Scar - An unblinking look at the bottom of the barrel years and the strength found in the seeds kept there.
Act II: The Red Earth - A spiritual acknowledgement of ancestral lands and the heavy process of parting.
Act III: The Tether - The cosmic and digital geometry of long-distance connection. Act IV: The Flight - The transition of eight hands and the archive of small things carried across hemispheres. Act V: The Sovereign - The triumph of arrival and the peace of a new kitchen in a different kind of light. A must-read for anyone who has ever felt like a stranger in their own home and had the bravery to fly until they found an atmosphere heavy enough to finally land.Also in
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