Three Books by Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles, trans. by Kristine Ong Muslim
PBS Autumn Recommended Translation 2020 Octopus Medicine the graceful and the slovenly

the graceful and the slovenly - white plates on a kitchen table

the lotus flower embodies the promise of purity and transcendence because it rises clear out of the muddy mire of its origins

a flower puts on the longest pearl necklace or kills you

Adília Lopes

Three Books by Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles, trans. by Kristine Ong Muslim <br><b>PBS Autumn Recommended Translation 2020</b> Octopus Medicine the graceful and the slovenlyThree Books, translated by Kristine Ong Muslim, with illustrations by Erika M. Carreon, is an essential introduction to the work of Filipino poet Mesndel Virtusio Arguelles. It includes Arguelles previous works Chi, Mal, and Antares. Arguelles poetry is a result of her unique deconstructive processes: intensely curated erasures from a variety of primary texts. The final product, further amplified by translation, is a hyper modern, radical poetry,