Writing Problems: Moral Injury

Delbo, Dickinson, Stafford, Valentine, Celan, Akhmatova, Lévinas

“Il faut donner a voir.”—Charlotte Delbo

[They must be made to see.]

All losses trigger all previous losses. The pandemic is a layer on top of January 6 which is a layer on top of climate emergency.

We are told that Job’s “bones are moistened with marrow,” and that means he was human. His revulsions and appetites were no different than our own. If you liv…