The Crystal Text Osip Mandelstam ” Written between 1958 and

” Written between 1958 and 1982

The first of Raworth's fourteen liners were compiled in 1987 in Visible Shivers

these poems offer up tangling

to the poet's friends and lovers in gay bars and bedrooms—form a cast of characters capable of addressing desire

een ‘onveilige zoektocht in taal’ over vrouwelijke belichaamde herinnering en rouw

The Crystal Text Osip Mandelstam ” Written between 1958 andClark Coolidge In the summer of 1982, Clark Coolidge received an unexpected gift of a crystal; small, clear, entirely unexceptional, the crystal nonetheless provoked the poet into writing what has long been considered his masterpiece, The Crystal Text (1986). A durational poem composed over the course of 10 months, in daybook like entries of varying length, The Crystal Text is multifaceted and elusive, constantly interrogating itself. Is it a