Before Lyricism Eenpersoonskaraoke This is the state of

This is the state of Aase’s Death: a poetics of failing to use the right words

it asks what can be cured by music

Denise Riley

nor is his life without value

In een nieuwe vertaling en van een nawoord voorzien door Erik Bindervoet en met een nawoord van Xandra Schutte

Before Lyricism Eenpersoonskaraoke This is the state ofEleni Vakalo Winner of the 2018 Best Translated Book Award for Poetry, Before Lyricism includes six book length poems: "The Forest" (1954), "Plant Upbringing" (1956), "Diary of Age" (1958), "Description of the Body" (1959), "The Meaning of the Blind" (1962), and "Our Way of Being in Danger" (1966). Each of these, apart from Plant Upbringing, was published as a separate book, which Vakalo herself designed. (Plant Upbringing was originally included in