G
- Publisher
- Palimpsest Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2023
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781990293542
- Publish Date
- Sep 2023
- List Price
- $21.95
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Description
G is a sound. Phonetically, it is represented as [?]?and corresponds to — in the Arabic alphabet—a guttural resonance shared between Afrikaans and Persian. Hinging on this mutual fricative sonically prominent in their respective languages, and a playful inclusion of homonyms across English, Afrikaans, and Persian, Klara du Plessis and Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi composed G collaboratively in a shared Google document, an act of hospitality into their languages. Amplifying common etymologies, but centering communication beyond the delimitation of verbal systems, this work stages a conceptual project of human interconnection through the metaphors of tongue, speech, and poetry as sound. G builds on both poets” earlier translingual and translation work, including du Plessis” award-winning Ekke and Mohammadi's Me, You, Then Snow.
