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ุนุฑุจูŠ

EXTRATRANSMISSION

EXTRATRANSMISSION

Andrea Abi-Karam (Author)

Poetry

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan

Edition published in 2019 in English language

EXTRATRANSMISSION is a poetic critique of nationalism, patriarchy & gender embedded in an explosive & unapologetic trauma narrative. It begins with an exhaustive loud, & unapologetic section on killing bros, the perpetrators of patriarchy before entering a narrative of how traumatic brain injury occurs to bodies in modern warfare. The text labors over how memory constructs our identity, our constant experience and how that can be destroyed in one of many empty military moments. The language pushes beyond conventional lyric and incorporates angry letters, prose pieces, a love poem, & intimate conversation while maintaining both an intense energy and constant movement. In resistance to how patriarchy and U.S. militarism produce...

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