To write these poems, I select a paragraph from a Woolf novel-The Waves or Mrs. Dalloway-and only use the words from that paragraph to create a poem. I essentially write poems while doing a word search using Virginia Woolf as source material. I don’t allow myself to repeat words, add words, or edit the language for tense or any other consideration. These poems are simultaneously defined by both Woolf’s choices with language as well as my own. They feel like an homage to this writer I so admire as well as a way of authentically expressing my lived experience.
Author: Nazifa Islam
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Published: 08/06/2021
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d
ISBN: 9781848617841
Language: English
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