Virgula The Nonconformist's Memorial

Virgula The Nonconformist's MemorialSasje Janssen (trans. Michele Hutchison) I long for a full stop, but my Virgulas are wary of employing them, I press them close as though death were breathing down my neck Virgula, the Latin word for a comma, is what moves thoughts and languages forward and what stops the stillness. In Sasja Janssens award winning collection, the comma becomes much more than a punctuation mark. Virgula is invoked as a muse and a companion; she is called on in every

Daive's grief at the loss of his friend finds expression in Under the Dome

Multilayered

or a pink one on its way

in English

and contains rarely seen archival material from Vicuña's time in London

Plenty Coups

and from configurations of gender and power

language and love: how our tongues are mothered or not

Marlene Dumas maakte schilderijen en tekeningen bij de twintig prozagedichten waarvan hij de vertaling voltooide

richt zij haar speelse

In Parenthesis was first published in London in 1937

It is wonderful to have this celebratory volume and admire his work fifty years later