Mercurial, or Is That Liberty Eliana Hernández-Pachón The title slippage between agency

The title slippage between agency and being

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In ruim duizend jaar heeft zij grote dichters voortgebracht als Ferdousi

and The Tumbler stands a critical study of freedom

Document is the last of her major collections to be translated into English

Mercurial, or Is That Liberty Eliana Hernández-Pachón The title slippage between agencyRachelle Rahm The debut poetry collection by Lebanese American poet Rachelle Rahm, Mercurial, or Is That Liberty? is the work of a dual citizendual in conscience, dual in political allegiance, in exteriority, in friction with genders dualism, aspirations dualism, and the ache of the ethical. A lyrical reckoning with a dualism that has been accepted, rejected, embedded in an endless cycle of self critique, until the border between its apparent halves