"Only a curtain of skin separates us from the other folk.
The ear of the dying, dry wax softened
to the rhythm of the old world.
The weaver-spider exits your ear."
—Julia Conner translates Paloma Chen
https://t.co/t0NfIB6CH3
Paloma Chen’s work explores the depths and diversity of the Chinese diasporic experience in Spain through a kaleidoscope of voices.
Here, she discusses the importance of orality in her poetry, writing in community, the multiplicity of the self, and more:
https://t.co/VjZw2IZaPJ
delighted & grateful to have three poems I translated from Invocación a las mayorías silenciosas by @chen_paloma included in Poetry in Action. Enormous thanks to Paloma and @kmhedeen !
A new #PoetryInAction is now live! @chen_paloma translated by @jiwconner:
"like the mixed multitudes at mercamujer
that is me
mouthpiece of the glorious communist party
call me paloma chen
chen paloma
chen conghui
chiñola diaspora
huayi huaquio huraen"
https://t.co/I6WlX9qvFD