G

By Khashayar "Kess" Mohammadi and Klara du Plessis

Book Overview

G is a sound. Phonetically, it is represented as ?]?and corresponds to ? in the Arabic alphabet?a guttural resonance shared between Afrikaans and Persian. Hinging on this mutual fricative sonically prominent in their respective languages, and a playful inclusion of homonyms across English, Afrikaans, and Persian, Klara du Plessis and Khashayar ?Kess? Mohammadi composed G collaboratively in a shared Google document, an act of hospitality into their languages. Amplifying common etymologies, but centering communication beyond the delimitation of verbal systems, this work stages a conceptual project of human interconnection through the metaphors of tongue, speech, and poetry as sound. G builds on both poets? earlier translingual and translation work, including du Plessis? award-winning Ekke and Mohammadi's Me, You, Then Snow.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1990293549
• ISBN13: 9781990293542
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Palimpsest Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"