As Though the Wound Had Heard Mira Mattar told through the indignities

told through the indignities

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

and with women who undertake journeys toward life (the improper) and spring (renewal)

layered meanings that nest within the anguish that is english

and to form alternate distribution networks by fostering communities of likeminded practitioners

As Though the Wound Had Heard Mira Mattar told through the indignitiesMara 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