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The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience QUOTES

The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience QUOTES

1 " The act of writing, it seems to me, makes up a shelter, allows space to what would otherwise be hidden, crossed out, mutilated. Sometimes writing can work toward a reparation, making a sheltering space for the mind. Yet it feeds off ruptures, tears in what might otherwise seem a seamless, oppressive fabric. "

― Meena Alexander , The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience