2004 Writers' Forum
Ezra Mark
In this interview, recorded March 3, 2004, Ezra and Belle discuss: technology and writing, point of view, philosophy, genre, sound sense, music, and more.
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Listen to an excerpt of Ezra's reading (MP3) 3:54 / 1.9MB |
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Do you hear it? There — in the background — a sort of hum, almost a voice, there, at the threshold of hearing as if you’ve tuned in between two different radio stations...............................................................................................
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She looks into a mirror, pronounces the word "she." Presses her finger to the mirror; feels the edge of the space between the surface of the glass and the silvered back.
She translates, she endures.
Smooths the blank page with her hand.
The book approaches us, but it disintegrates as we reach (for) it. Each fragment becomes its own book....
Scattered, on the horizon — the dream of reading...
one more reason to forget
writing
the blank page beneath
maybe. Sienna.
ochre. burnt.
roses. October.
blanc. Blanchot.
trace. writing.
trace. prayer.
neither writing nor speaking
waiting defers
a relation of sorts
out of
out of
Voice from offstage: Is there a third?
The world is that which arrives.
Hand tracing the shadow of the hand on the page.
To read is to be the translator of a translation; the book a hall of mirrors, each page a sheet of glass.
the sound of particles impacting on a surface
Moving, hesitantly... feeling one’s way through space as it retreats into the distance.
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It is the noise of particles deforming.
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