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Eyes Already Ruined
Luis Aguilar
Translated from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel
Luis Aguilar’s Eyes Already Ruined, translated by Lawrence Schimel, gives the Mexican section a title of damaged perception. The eyes are already ruined, which means the poem begins after injury, after seeing too much, or after vision has lost its innocence. That is a potent position for lyric poetry. It suggests that perception itself is compromised, but still necessary. Published by Libros Medio Siglo, the collection belongs on the shelf as a work of sharp, wounded seeing. I would read it for the tension between image and distrust: what can be seen, what should not have been seen, and what language does when looking is no longer harmless.
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Libros Medio Siglo
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Mexico
- ISBN
- 9780986449703