The Bare Bones of Our Alphabet

by Irene Marques

The Bare Bones of Our Alphabet is a collection of poetry that reveals an all-consuming yearning: the desire to find a language that can tell the most about our existence. What the poet asks for, works obsessively to tap into, is a native tongue, a vernacular that bypasses the traps of a supposed rationality and objectivity forged in a body-politic consumed by self-interests that reduce our ontological experience. The Bare Bones of Our...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1774151650
• ISBN13: 9781774151655
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.
• Length: 112 Pages