[45-120] Mona Kareem is being a trans person

is being a trans person in this moment in history—when the identity is ever more carefully traced [and tracked] by larger cultural forces—more liberated than before

the character of our own present tense

and in so doing transgresses the borders of the poem

Indolente is een zoektocht naar een taal die ons ge­deelde verleden tastbaar maakt

[45-120] Mona Kareem is being a trans personSpanish Eng Personal space is understood as the distance between 45 and 120 cm that surrounds a person. This bilingual anthology brings together the work of eighteen contemporary poets who take this intimate measurement as a starting point to challenge its apparent rigidity and explore how political, social, sexual, racial, class, and accessibility factors shape it. Beyond a simple physical distance, personal space also becomes a stage where desire