Ron Slate reviews Seeing the Body at On the Sea Wall / by Rachel Griffiths

“And most of all, the delivery is eloquent. Denis Donoghue has said, “Eloquence does not represent the real, it replaces it with its own voice … It is the charisma of speech, claiming to transcend the properties of law, custom, and reference: an inspired grace, a favor, like the gift of tongues.” The voice replaces its circumstances with itself — and becomes the body we are forced to recognize. The boldness of Griffiths’ presence at times may lead one to forget how much terror and how many “properties of law, custom, and reference” are being transcended. But she will remind you.” - Ron Slate

(Host and Editor of On the Seawall)