Pathetic LiteratureEileen Myles, editor An utterly unique collection composed by the award winning poet and writer, a global anthology of pieces from lesser known classics by luminaries like Franz Kafka, Samuel R. Delany, and Gwendolyn Brooks to up and coming writers that examine pathos and feeling, giving a well timed rehab to the word pathetic. Literature is pathetic. So claims Eileen Myles in their provocative and robust introduction to Pathetic Literature, a

In this way

fully conscious of reality and its metaphysical limits—“yes / the dark matter / animated by your hand / it’s me

as Zigaina suggests

bekende en onbekende schrijvers met een speciale band tot het onderwerp

soms is het verstikkend

Ian Dreiblatt

ever aware that “childhood is so intensely serious

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Stitched with brass wire

In zijn worsteling om ervaringen in woorden te vangen raakt hij soms aan het numineuze

soms zakelijk

An essay with the reach and momentum of a novel