Saying the World

Saying the World reflects Peter Pereira's experience as a physician to the urban poor -- refugees, immigrants, and the elderly -- at High Point Community Clinic in Seattle. The poems also explore his complex background, including a sister's death, family relationships, and life as a childless gay man. In honoring Peter Pereira with the Hayden Carruth Award, Gregory Orr and Sam Hamill wrote: "Pereira has a magic touch like that of William Carlos Williams: the ability to be a doctor and poet simultaneously, and to make it all so simply, deeply, and translucently human that the poems seem absolutely inevitable." Book jacket.Pereira, Peter is the author of 'Saying the World', published 2003 under ISBN 9781556591976 and ISBN 1556591977.