Image of absence by Jeannette Clariond and translated by Curtis Bauer

This is poetry from Mexico.

Image of absence by Jeannette Clariond translated by Curtis Bauer is published by The Word Works. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2018.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781944585228E12.

Jeannette Clariond’s Image of absence, translated by Curtis Bauer, gives the Mexican section a beautifully paradoxical title. Absence is what is not there, and an image is what allows something to appear. The book likely moves through grief, memory, spirituality, and the visible traces left by what has vanished. Clariond’s work often carries contemplative depth, and Bauer’s translation helps make that quiet pressure available in English. Published by The Word Works, this collection belongs on the shelf as a work of elegiac attention. It asks the reader to look at what cannot fully be seen. That is one of poetry’s great tasks: to make a shape around the missing.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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