Know Thy Audience by Nadia de Vries Charles Bennett "In Maria Borio’s TRANSPARENCIES

"In Maria Borio’s TRANSPARENCIES

Edward Ragg's debut collection

The poems – by writers from many parts of the world – have emotional power

damaged by unemployment

pathos and humour

Know Thy Audience by Nadia de Vries Charles Bennett "In Maria Borio’s TRANSPARENCIESKnow Thy Audience, Nadia de Vries's third poetry collection, disavows the platitude from which it takes its name and makes the reader complicit in both her aggression and her submission, sparked by a history of domestic abuse that escapes all euphemism and metaphor but not poetry altogether. Speaking or rather, singing as a 'battered woman' from a working class neighborhood, De Vries' aphoristic writing belies a vengeful reversal of roles in which the