"The Irreconcilable Fanny Howe"
"London-rose asks us to nevertheless refuse defeat, suggesting that 'perseverance is one of the greatest virtues,' alongside our inevitable and necessary stumblings. In 'Bewilderment,' Howe writes that 'the point of art is to show people that life is worth living by showing that it isn't.' If beauty is to save the world, it must be attended to alongside horror; only in this unresolvability might we discover true meaning, which as Howe points out, is the theological definition that lies behind the term salvation."
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What Sparks Poetry:
Maricela Guerrero (Mexico City) on Ecopoetry Now
"And this is precisely where poetry and poetic communion shelter me with hope without optimism; where, in the different languages inhabited by beings with whom I share the air and water of this planet, we come together in longing for and choosing another way of interweaving, of searching inside ourselves for new ways to reverse this disaster." |
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