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On misreading, over-translation, nonverbal understanding, and the pitfalls of legibility
Arts Writing from Mn, Beyond Mn
On misreading, over-translation, nonverbal understanding, and the pitfalls of legibility
Poet and editor 신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin delivers a manifesto on the necessity of poetry in the time of pandemic and racist state violence, making an urgent case for language work as a technology against erasure, as a form of spell-casting, as a space for claiming erotic power and possibility.