Breaking the Jaws of Silence
Sixty American Poets Speak to the World
Edited by Sholeh Wolpé
Breaking the Jaws of Silence was reviewed in the May-August 2014 issue of World Literature Today.
Wolpé has established her own work as a fearless poet in three collections, including Rooftops of Tehran. Both her aversion to oppression and her ability to juxtapose the dark and wondrous are reflected in this anthology and also in her dedication to PEN Center USA. PEN International is dedicated to human rights and campaigns on behalf of writers who have been censored and imprisoned around the world. This poetry responds by bearing witness to oppression.