Fierce Elegy Virgula the seminal speech Statement of

the seminal speech Statement of the Black Women’s Group (1983) by Julia da Lima

You don’t get much more universal than death

It is an introduction to her poetry that is also a fundraiser for Koestler Arts

In lijfelijke

and critical theory

Fierce Elegy Virgula the seminal speech Statement ofPeter Gizzi Peter Gizzi's powerful new collection reminds us that the elegy is lament but alsoas it has been for centuriesa work of love. Peter Gizzi has said that "the elegy is a mode that can transform a broken heart in a fierce world into a fierce heart in a broken world." For Gizzi, ferocity can be reimagined as vulnerability, bravery and discovery, a braiding of emotional and otherworldly depth, "a holding open." In Gizzi's voice joy and sorrow