As Though the Wound Had Heard Mira Mattar Confetti uses language to alter

Confetti uses language to alter the boundaries between film and daily life

layered meanings that nest within the anguish that is english

de oorsprong van haar liefde voor de taal

She was looking for an answer to Brecht's question about the dark times

I climb over boxes and shelving

As Though the Wound Had Heard Mira Mattar Confetti uses language to alterMara Pastor 'Words rarely fail us. Rather, its often the other way around. A poem like Mara Pastors Man reminds me of how much we undercut and burden them with the task of unidirectional sense making. It lodges in my mindparasitic, tapeworm likefor its odd humor, unsettling ambiguity, and refusal to budge. The Busts of Mart is a comedic take on polyvocality. Mara Jos Gimnezs translations capture the quirks of Pastors playful sensibility, and what