The Gender of Sound Poëzie hardop won the Forward Prize for

won the Forward Prize for Best Poem in 2017

Ryan Dobran

'Wie van dichten houdt

offering a multilayered exploration of color and its absence

The Gender of Sound Poëzie hardop won the Forward Prize forAnne Carson History is filled with unacceptable noises: high pitch, gossip, talkativeness, hysteria, wailing and ritual shouts. Who makes them? Those deviant from or deficient in the masculine ideal of self control: women, catamites, eunuchs and androgynes fall into this category. From the myths of antiquity to Margaret Thatcher via Sigmund Freud and Gertrude Stein, The Gender of Sound charts the gendering of voice through Western culture. This