in association with Whitechapel Gallery
to the poet's friends and lovers in gay bars and bedrooms—form a cast of characters capable of addressing desire
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een ‘onveilige zoektocht in taal’ over vrouwelijke belichaamde herinnering en rouw
The Crystal Text Osip Mandelstam in association with Whitechapel GalleryClark Coolidge In the summer of 1982, Clark Coolidge received an unexpected gift of a crystal; small, clear, entirely unexceptional, the crystal nonetheless provoked the poet into writing what has long been considered his masterpiece, The Crystal Text (1986). A durational poem composed over the course of 10 months, in daybook like entries of varying length, The Crystal Text is multifaceted and elusive, constantly interrogating itself. Is it a