Loss of Voice

Publication date: 2000

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(40)ff. Found photographs and text are sewn together in order to speak to speaking itself. The photographs all show women's faces, in each instance somehow manipulated, fragmented, or otherwise distorted—essentially silenced. Each one concludes an aphorism on "correct" speech, from "The Central Idea" to "Story" to "Combinations," all of which articulate assumptions of rightness and etiquette (and subservience) that condition women's voices in politics, the workplace, and daily life. The alternative, as stated in the first section, is violence: "Almost all normal persons will dominate or kill because of fear." The fear is, of course, that women might be correct after all. Kokin suggests a solution at her final section, "Never Read Poetry," by which, of course, she means the opposite; read, and write, poetry in order to address the unspoken and unspeakable. A playful and profound approach, bound in wrappers and held in found lozenge tin. Fine.

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Title
Loss of Voice
Author
Kokin, Lisa
Publication year
2000
Condition
Fine
Binding
Softcover
Edition
Unique. Signed by the artist.

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Successor to Bromer Booksellers, Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books continues to offer the book beautiful in all its forms, including early children's books, toys and games; works by Edward Gorey; illustrated books; fine printing from all eras, with an emphasis on social justice themes; miniature books; and important literary first editions.

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