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Diaspora of Things by Jill Pearlman

Diaspora of Things by Jill Pearlman

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Jill Pearlman‘s poems mourn and reanimate her deceased mother. Through scraps of dialogue, they convey her mother’s wit and panache and appetite for life and they catalogue the “diaspora of things” her mother collected and loved. Among these are crystal birds, a jade flower bouquet, a silver lamp with a beaded shade, and “stacks and stacks of napkins—so beautifully ironed, the creases would break your heart.” The light cast by the objects throws into relief the contours of the poet’s loss, her realization that, through it all, she and her mother share “this fabric,/this flesh, this tissue”; the reader comes  to understand the grieving process in new and startling ways.

–Jennifer Barber

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Diaspora of Things

by Jill Pearlman

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Diaspora of Things, an extended poetic sequence, digs into the world of emotional artifacts, as a means to negotiate one’s relationship with the dead. When the house is sold, the poet excavates her mother’s mute collection of objects, as if after a shipwreck, searching for clues that might leap across and bridge the silence.  In grief, our deepest values are exposed, questioned, and asserted – touching upon the nature of art at the core of survival itself.  Portrait, auto-portrait, Diaspora of Things engages in phenomenology, as yearning for and  gesture towards acceptance.

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Jill Pearlman’s poems explore ecstasy in the decentered world and self.  Originally from Pittsburgh, she has lived in New York, Paris and French Catalonia.  Her poems (The Common, Salamander, Barrow Street, La Piccioletta Barca) wander the world as impatient travelers, reflecting voices of fluidity and transcultural values. She studied art history, worked as a music and arts journalist in New York and is the mother of two superb daughters.

 

 

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