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Violence - Poem

Violence
Jo Frank, Poetry, 2023

How do you express violence that seems linguistically out of grasp? Why is violence measured in comparisons? What if there is no justice at the end of violence?

This poetry uses different styles, including footnotes, to express what cannot be expressed in violence. It brings trauma to the foreground, questioning whether justice can ever be achieved after violence – with or without the law.

Jo Frank is a writer and translator based in Berlin. Jo is publisher and editor of the award-winning independent publishing house Verlagshaus Berlin. His latest books include GEWALT (Violence, 2023) and TRAUER (Grief, 2023).

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