SPEECH
Post: The Making of SPEECH: Reflections on Abu Dhabi, Walking, Weaving, and Poetry
By Jill Magi I live in a high rise building in Abu Dhabi called Sama Tower; sama means “sky” or “heavens” in Arabic. From my writing desk I look down on parking lots and streets and alleys where I see people making their way on the diagonal, diverting from the grid as they go. There […]
Post: SPEECH: Jill Magi on Method
Abu Dhabi-based poet and artist Jill Magi furnishes SPEECH, her new book-length poem published earlier this month, with layered textures of language, subject, and object, calling at the delineations of border and sending her subject through them. That subject, however, “won’t be indexed precisely,” Magi asserts in the books appendix, “Painting a bibliography.” She asserts […]
tribe_events: Launch Event! Speech by Jill Magi
Join us for the launch of Jill Magi’s book SPEECH! We will gather for fabulous readings by Jill Magi, Jennifer Firestone & Paolo Javier, followed by a reception with book signings by Jill. About SPEECH: A deftly woven book-length poem that questions the existence of universal individual rights such as speech and citizenship, especially in […]