Pathemata : Or, The Story of My Mouth - Maggie Nelson blhhgfIt's not the dream that matters, it's the telling of the dream the words you choose, the risks you take in externalising your mindThis is a dreamlike portrait of a body in struggle to connect with itself and others. As the narrator contends with chronic pain, and with a pandemic raging in the background, she sets out to examine the literal and symbolic role of the mouth in the life of a writer. Merging dreams and dailies, Pathemata recounts the
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Remember the books that shaped your childhood
of a ferocious contest between present and past
reinvented
the book that marked the birth of the modern essay form
stare at the walls
ecological degradation
and everyday lives
When Jess is ghosted yet again
and the mighty god Thor
Their minds are unlike ours
and the only place she has left to go is the home of her childhood nemesis