Saying the World
Saying the World reflects Peter Pereira's experience as a physician to the urban poor—including refugees, immigrants, and the elderly—at High Point Community Clinic in Seattle. The poems also explore his complex background, including a sister’s death, family relationships, and life as a childless gay man.
In honoring Peter Pereira with the Hayden Carruth Award, Gregory Orr and Sam Hamill wrote: "Pereira has a magic touch like that of William Carlos Williams: the ability to be a doctor and poet simultaneously, and to make it all so simply, deeply and translucently human that the poems seem absolutely inevitable."
ISBN: 1-55659-197-7
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