dear parent or guardian Paul Claes “Only when a man becomes

“Only when a man becomes all naked do you know the shades of his life as an existential being

touching on the Cold War and Chernobyl

in "Watch Your Head

onder het presidentschap van George W

history-laden locales such as Algiers

dear parent or guardian Paul Claes “Only when a man becomesIsadoro Saturno (trans. E. R. Pulgar) A body that is just beginning to define itself discovers the insufficiency of imposed language, and even though it rebels and implodes, the machinery it opposes is a shadow that extends itself, an inescapable question andultimatelya condemnation. In dear parent or guardian, the poet proposes a rupture with the agreement of gendered language through the transcription of memory, revealing the injustice of the norm.