Mongrel Kampung Gerrit Kouwenaar

Mongrel Kampung Gerrit KouwenaarMikael Johani The poems of Mikael Johanis second collection Mongrel Kampung are mixed, mutated utterances of a heteroglossic headspace, a home at once familiar and foreign, backwards and forwards, I and another. Sometimes a poem is in English but refers to a world in which English is never spoken. It may contain a phrase in Javanese or Greek or Arabic or Aussie, but is intended for an audience who will never understand what it means. It may retell a

the impossibility of translation opens up poetic possibilities for Vicuña as she continues her lifelong exploration into the nature of communication across eras and distant lands

Value here is chosen conviviality

dagboeken uit zijn tienerjaren

In 2008 stond ze op de shortlist van de verkiezing van de Dichter des Vaderlands

its content was even more so

moving back in time from an elderly man’s entanglement and resignation to the detachment and harsh light of youth

as the Egyptian government of President Mohammed Morsi was unraveling in the face of widespread protests

while exploring and troubling tropes and stereotypes of Black Americans

deranged cat lady

this urgent collection speaks with

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artist and writer living in Glasgow