Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence Afscheid this book offers a linguistically

this book offers a linguistically virtuosic and deeply humane x-ray of the discursive and militaristic systems that join us in mutual dissolution

state vernacular with the chatter of birds

The effect is both unsettling and surprisingly warm

but had remained among the papers of John Quinn

But Seriously Well is not a poem of mourning

Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence Afscheid this book offers a linguisticallyHomero Aridjis Self Portrait in the Zone of Silence, by the renowned Mexican writer Homero Aridjis, is a brilliant collection of poems written in and for the new century. Aridjis seeks spiritual transformation through encounters with mythical animals, family ghosts, migrant workers, Mexico's oppressed, female saints, other writers (such as Jorge Luis Borges and Philip Lamantia), and naked angels in the metro. We find tributes to Goya and Heraclitus,