Whale Aria (Four Way Books), the fourth full-length collection of poems by American-Guyanese writer Rajiv Mohabir, creates parallels between the migratory patterns of humpback whales and the immigrant journeys conducted by brown and queer human travellers. Making a study of the languages used by whales to communicate at submarine depths, Mohabir likens cetacean speech to songs and poetry intrinsic to all cultures. The poems of Whale Aria are deeply attuned to the rhythms and echoes of marine life, and to the ways in which human voices pattern these timeless concerns.