{"id":10908,"date":"2022-10-15T20:54:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T18:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/?p=10908"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:29:05","slug":"we-say-salt-from-to-speak-in-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/we-say-salt-from-to-speak-in-salt\/","title":{"rendered":"We Say Salt from To Speak in Salt<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To Speak in Salt<\/em> is available through SPD<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Becky Thompson<\/h4>\n

\nSociologist-turned-poet Becky Thompson focuses on the individuals affected by the forced migration crisis in Greece in this collection of poems inspired by her recent work in the camps on the Greek island of Lesvos and leading poetry workshops for the refugees.<\/p>\n

In December 2021, amid thousands of asylum seekers in the Mytilene camp on the Greek island of Lesvos, Pope Francis entreated the world, \u201cPlease let us stop this shipwreck of civilization.\u201d Joining a sociologist\u2019s trained eye with a poet\u2019s open heart, Becky Thompson has not only looked into the faces of the dispossessed, but she has also empowered them to speak for themselves in this moving book. The wide variety of poetic forms in To Speak in Salt stands as a metaphor for both the unique suffering of each individual she meets and also for their unique individuality. If the poet cannot stop the shipwreck, she can surely help us feel what it\u2019s like to survive it. (Order<\/a> To Speak in Salt<\/em> from SPD.)<\/p>\n

Let’s hear from the poet directly:<\/p>\n