The Book of Rain The Following Scan the body assumes many forms

the body assumes many forms as love produces many states: attraction and repulsion

characters

their words move among time’s broken limbs

' – Alexis Pauline Gumbs

The Book of Rain The Following Scan the body assumes many formsAb Zayd al Anr The contents of the future are the contents of a cloud. So begins translator David Larsens introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather words, by early Arabic linguist Ab Zayd al Anr. In Larsens translation, Ab Zayds lexicography of rain is simultaneously an academic, archival, and poetic pursuit. After the fashion of Larsens award winning translation of Names of the Lion, these rich, extensive lists