PART II

VI.
Shimmering Ontology / (Laugh)

Struck by the apparition, she burst out laughing. The laughter of childbirth.
—Hélène Cixous and Jacques Derrida, Veils

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… writes about opera: its slippery histories, its sensual bodies, and the work of mourning for a dead genre. Elsewhere, Bouque sings in various solo, ensemble, and opera configurations around the world....