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Why Have Children? The Ethical Debate by Christine Overall

January 26, 2015 by Erica Mena

Why Have Children? The Ethical Debate by Christine Overall is a phenomenal philosophical exploration of one of the few questions that everyone at some point, consciously or not, confronts. The decision to procreate, as Overall argues, is one of the most fundamental and important decisions that a person makes in their life. And it’s so rarely treated as anything more than an individual and highly personal preference that this very thorough, rational, moral analysis of the question is simultaneously shocking and […]

Categories: Reviews • Tags: bioethics, childbearing, childrearing, children, ethics, philosophy, why have children

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Fortino Sámano by Virginie Lalucq

April 25, 2013 by Erica Mena

This complicated little book is actually two in one – a poem and an “overflowing” of the poem, a poem and its poetic exegesis. The first section is an ekphrastic poem written by Virginie Laluq and translated by Sylvain Gallais, written in response to a photograph of the Mexican guerilla and counterfeiter moments before his execution by firing squad. I have not seen this photograph (in fact, when I googled it while writing this, the page refused to respond, and asked me several […]

Categories: Reading Journal, Translation • Tags: art, cynthia hogue, ekphrasis, fortino samano, jean-lug nancy, philosophy, poetry, sylvain gallais, translation, virginie lalucq

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The Sound Mirror by Andrew Joron

November 13, 2012 by Erica Mena

The insistant wordplay at first seems a little self-pleased, nearly insignificant. The challenge of what Joron is doing is to bridge the gap between seemingly-nonsensical wordplay and philosophical reflection. As the collection progresses and the sound becomes slightly more open, less enamored of itself, I am forced to slow down and engage with not just the sounds but the saying of the words. If two facing mirrors = infinity Then I have seen the back of your head, Beauty Hunter. […] His […]

Categories: Poetry, Reading Journal • Tags: andrew joron, erica mena, flood editions, philosophical poetry, philosophy, poetry, science fiction poetry, the sound mirror

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