Deaf Republic: Poems

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Deaf Republic: Poems is a poetry book by Ilya Kaminsky which was published on June 18, 2019 by Faber and Faber. [1]

Contents

Critical reception and reviews

Will Brewbaker of Los Angeles Review of Books wrote "Deaf Republic is a masterfully wrought collection" [2] and Kassy Lee of College of Literature, Science, and the Arts wrote "Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic is both rigorous and profound.". [3]

The book has been also reviewed by Karl Kirchwey of The New York Times , [4] Lauren Camp of World Literature Today , [5] Daniel Moysaenko of Chicago Review , [6] Annik Adey-Babinski of The Kenyon Review , [7] Richard Osler of The Literary Review , [8] and Stav Poleg of Poetry School. [9]

Awards and finalists

Best book of the year by

Other awards

Finalist

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