Pathemata, Or, the Story of My Mouth Verzamelde gedichten De teksten van Babs Gons

De teksten van Babs Gons in Alles wat je liefhebt wordt mooi leven en bewegen: gedichten monden uit in columns

A diary-like sequence of poems from one of Austria's best-known contemporary voices

van de aanvankelijke angsten en depressies tot de jubelende aanvaarding (‘hiersein ist herrlich’)

mother mimory

Translated by Jeffrey Angles

Pathemata, Or, the Story of My Mouth Verzamelde gedichten De teksten van Babs GonsMaggie Nelson Its not the dream that matters, its the telling of the dream the words you choose, the risks you take in externalising your mind This is a dreamlike portrait of a body in struggle to connect with itself and others. As the narrator contends with chronic pain, and with a pandemic raging in the background, she sets out to examine the literal and symbolic role of the mouth in the life of a writer. Merging dreams and dailies, Pathemata