THE ENVOY The official newsletter of the
Canada Cuba Literary Alliance I.S.S.N. – 1911‐0693
March, 2021 Issue 108 www.CanadaCubaLiteraryAlliance.org
WITH WORDS AND IMAGES, WE HOPE A Review of In Silence We Wait (Hidden Brook Press, 2021) MSc Miguel Olivé Iglesias Associate Professor. Holguín University, Cuba Author, Poet, Writer, Editor, Reviewer “… there was silence, and I heard a voice…” Job 5:16 “Rest in the Lord, and wait…” Psalms 37:7
One perceptive, indefatigable editor-designer, two sentient photographers and forty-three keen authors from eight countries on both hemispheres, present us their deeply felt elucidations of life as it happens in a Covidridden reality. Their rationale? To show the world their capacity to record for posterity, assume a duty, evolve, survive, struggle, and recolor our existence with unending hope and poeticalpictorial aesthetics. The title, in the editor´s words, came from the last poem in the collection, “Silence,” by Mark Walker, which not only filled Richard Grove´s need for a title but also entailed the book´s spirit of objective depiction, courage, beauty of expression and optimism sifted by each poet´s individual interpretation. Thus In Silence We Wait, Hidden Brook Press (HBP), 2021, is a collective, inspiring prayer where fine voices unite and share their anticipation of a better tomorrow.