Plainspeak S.S. Mausoof in the next seat at

in the next seat at the theatre

He had recently completed a PhD on inter-racial conflict in Guyana

invited people to stop by for a chat and shop for words

A perfect follow-up to his beloved first volume of sonnets

Plainspeak S.S. Mausoof in the next seat atPlainspeak is the highly anticipated second collection by Astrid Alben, following her acclaimed debut Ai! Ai! Pianissimo. In these startling poems, readers will experience Albens unorthodox alter ego thinking out louder approach with the same exhilaration as they might engage with art or jazz. The poems in Plainspeak deal with place, ancestral ties, solitude, flight, insomnia and the embattled absurdities of daily life. Alben plays with formal