“Mimetic” is my Word of the Day.
Synonymous (yes, at once!) with “echoic,” “apish,” “slavish” and “canned.”
From John D’Agata’s genre-bending, lyrical, US-centered tour of the essay’s recent history: “The Next American Essay.”
“Mimetic” is my Word of the Day.
Synonymous (yes, at once!) with “echoic,” “apish,” “slavish” and “canned.”
From John D’Agata’s genre-bending, lyrical, US-centered tour of the essay’s recent history: “The Next American Essay.”
A simple and stunning poem by the Colombian poetess Maria Mercedez Carranza.