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6 avril 2021
- handle: 10670/1.eypo5t
- isbn: 9781783749874
- eisbn: 9791036565151
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Joan Wilkinson Michelle, « 12. Concrete and Filigree », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.eypo5t
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Lost and Found in Migration Lost Words Verandah Public Road Filigree Sweeties Granny What gets left behind when we migrate? We lose not only the spaces our bodies once held; we lose also the words to name those spaces. Words like verandah. We make these words a language of their own, local and intimate, used when family is around because they will understand. If we write, we reclaim the lost words and put them on the page like a tally of belongings or to dos. But memory is a rabbit hole, and ...