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An Orange, A Syllable
By Gillian Sze
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By Gillian Sze
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“An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze is one of the most beautiful and emotionally resonant works I've read in a long time.” — My Asian Era blog
An Orange, A Syllable details a period of maternal and artistic transformation. This prosimetrical work is a meditation on motherhood, language, and art. The central speaker witnesses the earliest utterances of her child and launches into a poetic inquiry of words themselves, asking, How to measure one’s mouth by its words? The speaker seeks an ans...
An Orange, A Syllable details a period of maternal and artistic transformation. This prosimetrical work is a meditation on motherhood, language, and art. The central speaker witnesses the earliest utterances of her child and launches into a poetic inquiry of words themselves, asking, How to measure one’s mouth by its words? The speaker seeks an ans...