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Embroideries

This first full-length, English-language book by Burcu Sahin, translated by Jennifer Hayashida, is finely wrought without sentimentality: what gradually appears in these poems is a genealogy of laboring daughters and mothers who are also daughters – their care, political commitments, and loyalties …
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Viscera: Eight Voices from Poland

Viscera: Eight Voices from Poland, edited by Mark Tardi, presents a selection of work by Polish women writers committed to experimenting with form while shaping vigorous political critiques …
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Spectral Evidence: The Witch Box

Spectral Evidence: The Witch Box is a limited-edition artists’ book produced in an edition of 26 numbered and signed copies. Each boxed set contains 46 silkscreen printed cards at 5″ x 6.5″ with images by Nancy Bowen and texts by Elizabeth Willis …
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Asia & Haiti
By Will Alexander
Embroideries
By Burcu Sahin
Translated by Jennifer Hayashida
Viscera: Eight Voices from Poland
Edited by Mark Tardi

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