Between the World and the Universe, a Woman Is Thinking - The Paris Review
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from The Paris Review2 weeks ago
Alice Notley acknowledges the inadequacy of words in capturing the essence of being: 'I feel ambivalent about words, I know they don't work, I know they aren't it.'
The Paris Reviewhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/05/01/between-the-world-and-the-universe-a-woman-is-thinking/
Notley's poem 'The World, All That Live & All That Occur' navigates the unsayable, stretching from 'the world' to 'the Universe,' reflecting on the limitations of language in expressing the profound.
The Paris Reviewhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/05/01/between-the-world-and-the-universe-a-woman-is-thinking/
The poem encapsulates a moment of a woman in 1977 NYC reflecting on life, contrasting with a man's action, emphasizing gender dynamics, and contemplating the essence of being.
The Paris Reviewhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/05/01/between-the-world-and-the-universe-a-woman-is-thinking/
Despite the humorous inadequacy in articulating 'the one organism,' the poem captures a profound introspective moment, hinting at eternity with Avenue A being metonymic of 'the Universe.'
The Paris Reviewhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/05/01/between-the-world-and-the-universe-a-woman-is-thinking/
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