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G

G

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General Poetry

Publisher Price: $20.95

ISBN10: 1990293549
ISBN13: 9781990293542
Publisher: Palimpsest Press
Published: Sep 16 2023
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.61 Depth: 8.51
Language: English

G is a sound. Phonetically, it is represented as [?]?and corresponds to ? in the Arabic alphabet?a guttural resonance shared between Afrikaans and Persian. Hinging on this mutual fricative sonically prominent in their respective languages, and a playful inclusion of homonyms across English, Afrikaans, and Persian, Klara du Plessis and Khashayar ?Kess? Mohammadi composed G collaboratively in a shared Google document, an act of hospitality into their languages. Amplifying common etymologies, but centering communication beyond the delimitation of verbal systems, this work stages a conceptual project of human interconnection through the metaphors of tongue, speech, and poetry as sound. G builds on both poets? earlier translingual and translation work, including du Plessis? award-winning Ekke and Mohammadi's Me, You, Then Snow.

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