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Dare We Write Through the Bodies of "Others"?

Susan Kim on the treacherous imperative of writing past our own physical experience

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Writer In The World
Apr 22, 2026
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Does body matter in what we write? Should words be removed from who and what we are? Can language be disembodied?

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