Interview // âMechanics of the Hauntâ: A Conversation with Clara Burghelea
“At times, forgetting is essential. In the poem, that refers to the way one person, a mother, a woman, part of a traditional family where roles and expectations are clearly cut, needs to forget about that part of hers in order to breathe, to tend to the little things that make her happyâlike doing her nailsâto keep it going. We are a multitude of things, after all.”