KALI'S BLADE by MICHELLE BAUTISTA
JULIE R. ENSZER ReviewsKali’s Blade by Michelle Bautista
(Meritage Press, San Francisco and St. Helena, CA, 2006)
TRANSFORMING REVIEWS, Experiment 5:
Diagramming Michelle Bautista’s Kali’s Blade
Featured below are the texts within the above circles:
Circle 1
One of the concepts in kali is that of concentric circles. I stand in the center of the circle; each layer that is added is another identity.
Circle 2
Bautista experiments with how we see text on a page versus how we see text on a computer screen. The differences between these two experiences are going to transform how we read and write. Bautista is the canary in the coal mine.
Circle 3
Time is changing. It is becoming more incrementalized, more subdivided. Bautista’s poems reflect the influence of the internet and the influence of time as constructed online.
Circle 4
There are many delightful things about Kali’s Blade. These are just two circles I have drawn.
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Julie R. Enszer is a writer and lesbian activist living in Maryland. She has previously been published in Iris: A Journal About Women, Room of One’s Own, Long Shot, the Web Del Sol Review, and the Jewish Women’s Literary Annual. You can learn more about her work at www.JulieREnszer.com.
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3 Comments:
Another view is offered by William Allegrezza in GR #5 at:
http://galatearesurrection5.blogspot.com/2007/02/kalis-blade-by-michelle-bautista.html
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Another view is offered by Jean Vengua in GR #12 at
http://galatearesurrection12.blogspot.com/2009/05/kata-by-james-maughn-and-kalis-blade-by.html
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