My comment is mostly to the editor: I liked the piece, the essay , the mix of intellectual richness and the personal approach. I less understand the qualification as lyric. If the point is to show the writer's emotions, it fits the definition, but I'd hope to feel something as a reader. The experience challenged my brain, but did not affect my heart. But, yes, I liked the piece. Thank you.
What stayed with me is how the essay refuses to reconcile the body with language. The belly keeps returning as weight, appetite, shame, shelter, exposure. I also appreciated how the witness question never gets let off the hook. Observation keeps brushing up against theft. The piece doesn’t heal the fracture. It leaves the lived tension intact, which feels honest.
My comment is mostly to the editor: I liked the piece, the essay , the mix of intellectual richness and the personal approach. I less understand the qualification as lyric. If the point is to show the writer's emotions, it fits the definition, but I'd hope to feel something as a reader. The experience challenged my brain, but did not affect my heart. But, yes, I liked the piece. Thank you.
Thanks for your lengthy exposition. I’ll try to use the time I’m saving by not reading it utilitariany.
What stayed with me is how the essay refuses to reconcile the body with language. The belly keeps returning as weight, appetite, shame, shelter, exposure. I also appreciated how the witness question never gets let off the hook. Observation keeps brushing up against theft. The piece doesn’t heal the fracture. It leaves the lived tension intact, which feels honest.
finally read this — beautiful piece, Eric