An interview with Boriana Alexandrova by Richard L. Kramár

How can literature get over what defies words, and when is the literary language threatened by decomposing itself? Boriana Alexandrova, a feminist and queer researcher, asks such questions in her research. In the interview she points out that bodily fluids and their uncontrollability connect the queer and disability cultures, and that our bodies never disappear without trace. In that context she explains the concept of monstrosity and warns against the risk of drowning in another person. Above all she urges us not to be afraid of getting dirty,