"Meaning is in crisis. And we are embroiled, everywhere, in contests over meaning—which are also contests of power, contests over living. And dying."

For The Yale Review, Christina Sharpe writes a poignant #essay on #language, #grief, and the #words we use in a time of war and violence: https://yalereview.org/article/christina-sharpe-shapes-of-grief

#Longreads #Writing #Poetry #Loss