Rivers Applaud Forever: Volume 258

By Raymond Filip

In Rivers Applaud Forever, Raymond Filip, the craftsman and musician, showcases his spoken-word texts that perform on a silent page, as well as his "say then play" recitals on stage. This collection features free verse and end rhymes; satire and nature studies; a concrete poem and a proem; a linked sequence of narratives, and a long bird call to the uncaptured. Filip's peace process comes to terms with his birth and disfigurement in a displaced persons camp after World War II; the unspeakable abuses of growing up with domestic violence and a broken home in the riverside slums of Montr al; his adventures as part of the resistance movement that led to Lithuanian independence; the ups and downs of a mixed marriage to a Filipina; his battle with cancer; the journey of faith and global identity; and the joys of defying his age through his first love: sports.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771833602
• ISBN13: 9781771833608
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Guernica Editions
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"