The Month of the Flies Polkadot Wounds

The Month of the Flies Polkadot WoundsMirtha Dermisache In The Month of the Flies, Dermisaches book functions as the original from which Chejfecs poetic text takes shape as a possible translation. Chejfecs lines are dynamic, occupying the same space as each of Dermisaches lines, as if using language to approach her visual frequencies. The project explores the unfathomable depths of Dermisache graphisms by exposing the cracks in the legibility of such a translation, a translation which,

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from the Introduction

In the words of historian Robin D

Chinese poetry is unique in world literature in that it was written for the best part of 3

and there is so much grief and love in this book

In a headlong rush

emerging from daily life

maar òf zwijgen òf schreeuwen

sexual dissident affection in the ebb and flow between original and translation

Naast  Ulysses van James Joyce verscheen The Waste Land van T

incoherence and musicality—embodying humor and terror while writing obliquely of femicide

They enact a boundless porosity between the body