The movement of the story does not conform to the common chart of space and time because memory does not conform to such strictures. So I created a form that suited my vision.
I wanted to tell my story the way I experienced it, and I wanted to draw the reader into that experience. Why did you decide to write a memoir in verse? What can verse accomplish in a memoir that prose cannot? The prose tells my story in a concert manner the poetry opens up a space for you to join the journey, and ultimately to make it yours as well.ĥ. Why call each of these poems “beads,” and how does naming them “beads” change how the reader interacts with the work?Įvery bead in Abacus of Loss advances the story of my nomadic life- counting losses and gains as I guide the reader deeper and deeper into my life, memory by memory. Abacus of Loss is structured in sections, which are then broken down into “beads.” As the sections go on, these beads are strung together, evoking jewelry. Each section in this memoir is a rod, and each memory, a bead.Ĥ. You slide the beads up and down the rods to add or subtract, to total and compile. How did you come to the symbol of the abacus?Ībacus is an instrument of remembering. Therefore, this memoir’s carefully arranged form allows you, the reader, to step into a landscape that is at once sharp and fuzzy, concrete and abstract, here and not here, mine but also yours.”ģ. “The movement of the story does not conform to the common chart of space and time because memory does not conform to such strictures. Instead, I told my life story in a way that invites you, the reader, to see our commonality and take the journey with me as a fellow traveler through life. And further, to do that without denigrating others, announcing grudges, or laying blame on this person, that family member, or fate, for my own shortcomings and disappointments. To lay bare my deepest desires, traumas, shames, and dreams. It was difficult to open myself up to the world. What’s a part of Abacus of Loss that came as a challenge to write?Īll of it. If my meager budget didn’t fully pay for a book, he let me have it anyway and collected it on the sly from my father when he bought his daily newspaper.Ģ. The mustached vendor appreciated my voracious appetite for books. The resort, as it existed, was destroyed when Iran fell under the tyrannical rule of the Islamic Republic (no more bikini-clad ladies, no more evening concerts, outdoor movies, or men and women dancing together by the sea.) Yet, that beloved kiosk still stands unscathed in my memory, crammed with paperback books and magazines, redolent with the vanilla-smell of paper mixed with the humid aroma of the salty sea. I spent all my weekly allowance buying books from that kiosk. We used to stay there all summer long, every year from when I was 6 years old up until when I was sent to Trinidad at age 13. My favorite bookstore is a kiosk in the Iranian National Oil Company Resort by the Caspian sea. What is your favorite bookstore, or library? This week, PEN America’s Los Angeles Literary Programs Intern Ben Cohn speaks with Sholeh Wolpé, author of Abacus of Loss: A Memoir in Verse (Univ. Unlike traditional CRMs, monday sales CRM is extremely user-friendly, providing your sales team with a CRM they'd actually want to use.The PEN Ten is PEN America’s weekly interview series. Send out personalized invoices and quotes with ease. Beyond this, nurture all your client relationships by managing post-sale activities such as onboarding and their projects.
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