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(Un)masking a Poet as Plural and Porous

(Un)masking a Poet as Plural and Porous

Posted by | Jan 21, 2021 |

Who “I” am is entangled with a host of others, not just other humans and their stories, transnational production processes, institutions of power, but also clusters of other-than-humans, including other animals, bodies of water, lands, and even inorganic elements such as viruses. “I” am vulnerable and plural because the border of my skin is porous and because in my psyche are lodged the thoughts and ideas of others.

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