Material WitnessAditi Machado A series of meditative long poems that ritualize perception as a way of maintaining kinship with the non human world. In Material Witness, the poet as human subject keeps vigil over the material world as the quotidian unfolds. The line between observer and observed blurs as non human agency reveals itself, its own kind of witnessing. In her long poem "Concerning Matters Culinary" inspired by the first Latin cookbook, Machado activates

'Neocosis'

would be better served if valued for its spatial radiance

offering readers the opportunity to become immersed in the artistry and vision of one of the world's greatest living poets

With the original Cuban edition of this book

that pursues the poetry coursing underneath the poetry

" which accrues a subtle lyrical connotation throughout its various forms and meanings--to bestow

Een sterk besef van vergankelijkheid en opvlammende productiviteit

no subject is overlooked: Milij Balakirev

en de oorlog die niet met naam genoemd wordt kruipt in de krasloten

Relying entirely on the words of the legal decision Gregson v

now called ‘G’

fragmented poems