As Though the Wound Had Heard

by Mara Pastor and Karen An-hwei Lee

Translated from the Spanish by Mar'a Jos? Gim?nez. "Words rarely fail us. Rather, it's often the other way around. A poem like Mara Pastor's "Man" reminds me of how much we undercut and burden them with the task of unidirectional sense-making. It lodges in my mind-parasitic, tapeworm-like-for its odd humor, unsettling ambiguity, and refusal to budge. The Busts of Mart' is a comedic take on polyvocality. Mar'a Jos? Gim?nez's translations capture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1945720085
• ISBN13: 9781945720086
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Cardboard House Press
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.3"