Poetry, Cancer and Queer Love in the Oscar-Nominated Documentary

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They say that the last words spoken by the German poet Goethe before his death were “Licht! Mehr Licht!” (“Lluz, more light!”), although it is not known if it was due to his desire to acquire more knowledge or because he wanted someone to correct the curtains. One can get up in the morning, write a poem, let the light enter through the window and quietly wait for the arrival of death before the sun sets. The figure of the Spoken word and non-bin…