Four poems: A Small Book of Distance, Emergency Regulations Ordinance (1922–), What Have You Thrown Away, Death Accents
A Small Book of DistanceMother asked for some light readingin Chinese. I lent her books I liked at thirteen,surprised by the intimacy of knowing each otherhalfway on the page. How did shego from peeking at my diary, alarmedby the emo lyrics I copiedto this? I had been hiding behind English,somethin...
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Transtext(e)s Transcultures
2024
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | A Small Book of DistanceMother asked for some light readingin Chinese. I lent her books I liked at thirteen,surprised by the intimacy of knowing each otherhalfway on the page. How did shego from peeking at my diary, alarmedby the emo lyrics I copiedto this? I had been hiding behind English,something she picked up selling tourists clothes,never fluent enough to read me.I seemed to have sneaked outto find her whole with yearnings.To find her,I sneaked out of schoolsfluent enoughto sell bread i... |
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