“The rate of firearm death of under 14-years-olds is nearly 12 times higher in the U.S. than in 25 other industrialized countries combined.”
Qtd. in Julie Carr’s 100 Notes on Violence (Ahsahta Press, 2010)
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Michael Leong's most recent books are Dear Vase Already Shattered Against the Fragile Floor (Black Square Editions, 2025) and Contested Records: The Turn to Documents in Contemporary North American Poetry (University of Iowa Press, 2020). He is Robert P. Hubbard Assistant Professor of Poetry at Kenyon College.
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Hi, Michael.
Looks like a corrective to the idea that “there are no words” and a balance to mournful moments of silence.
My library doesn’t have a copy I can borrow, alas.
Certainly, John. The attitude of “there are no words” is a trap. You’re a fan of G. Agamben so I’m sure you know his critique of that attitude in _Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive_: “To say that Auschwitz is ‘unsayable’ or ‘incomprehensible’ is equivalent to euphemein, to adoring in silence…[which] contributes to its glory.”
Will you be in NYC soon? I’ll be happy to lend you my copy of _100 Notes on Violence_.