Elaine Scarry, author of the influential book The Body in Pain, argues that pain is essentially unshareable; that its unshareability derives from its “resistanc
‘Notes from the Body: Health, Illness, Trauma’ is a collection of poems and essays that ‘(re)turn attention to the body as that through which so much of our humanness is experienced, mediated, enjoyed, suffered, understood and expressed’. It is edited by Duncan Brown, Kobus Moolman and Nkosinat.
Though she lived abroad for most of her life, her exuberant use of colour and fantastical visions show that Ofelia Rodríguez maintained a persistent and complex dialogue with her Latin American and Caribbean heritage
Sure enough, after our last convo by phone, you seemed to have mustered up enough of your ever-regenerating vigor (after all, it was enough to kick four forms of cancer, without a whimper or complaint) and still be willing to explore emergency rebellion within our deteriorating pathological society. I set up my trip to come back to Texas, expecting to encounter your grin, your wit and intellectual mojo still stirring me up.