Sawako Nakayasu is an artist working with language, performance, and translation. Her publications include Pink Waves (Omnidawn, 2023), Say Translation Is Art (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2020), and Some Girls Walk Into The Country They Are From (Wave Books, 2020). She teaches in the Literary Arts department at Brown University.
Are they on a mission, do they have a
purpose, / are they trying to do anything specific at all? Are they on the edge of a cliff or / are they on stable footing?