Three Books by Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles, trans. by Kristine Ong Muslim
PBS Autumn Recommended Translation 2020 Octopus Medicine Adília Lopes

Adília Lopes

His poetry marks a clear break with the established Indian lineage of British literary influences

dreams and hope conspire to remake the past and give substance to possible futures

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

Three Books by Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles, trans. by Kristine Ong Muslim <br><b>PBS Autumn Recommended Translation 2020</b> Octopus Medicine Adília LopesThree 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,