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Omschrijving
A
Dream in Which I Am Playing with Bees is a collection of poems made of natural
imagery, queer metaphors, personal observations, and historical circumstances
surrounding honeybees. In the aftermath of a fictional bee extinction, these
poems are presented to the post-bee reader as "artifacts."Playing
with Bees positions
poetry in hindsight to contemplate poetry's "natural" inclinations toward
building alternative worlds through earthbound metaphors. Whether a single line or an entire premise, none of the poems could think, speak, or see in the same way
if bees--and the relations they make possible--suddenly disappeared. Like any
natural resource, the bee is a wellspring of possibility. Essential. Fragile.
Causal. And like any animal, the pollinating bee has enabled a diverse phylum
of phrases and myths that humans trade to express our most hard-to-name
feelings.What
in our imagination changes after a peg in the environment is removed? What
could disappear from our minds, our fantasies, and our self-descriptors, if
nature is no longer a mirror? Consider a museum of language. As artifacts, these poems are
the residue of a dead species--but they are also the offshoots of a playful,
abundant, delicate ecosystem. Playing with Bees covets what's left. At
the bottom of everything, we find the fragments of an ecologically intact dream:
an apocalypse in reverse.
Dream in Which I Am Playing with Bees is a collection of poems made of natural
imagery, queer metaphors, personal observations, and historical circumstances
surrounding honeybees. In the aftermath of a fictional bee extinction, these
poems are presented to the post-bee reader as "artifacts."Playing
with Bees positions
poetry in hindsight to contemplate poetry's "natural" inclinations toward
building alternative worlds through earthbound metaphors. Whether a single line or an entire premise, none of the poems could think, speak, or see in the same way
if bees--and the relations they make possible--suddenly disappeared. Like any
natural resource, the bee is a wellspring of possibility. Essential. Fragile.
Causal. And like any animal, the pollinating bee has enabled a diverse phylum
of phrases and myths that humans trade to express our most hard-to-name
feelings.What
in our imagination changes after a peg in the environment is removed? What
could disappear from our minds, our fantasies, and our self-descriptors, if
nature is no longer a mirror? Consider a museum of language. As artifacts, these poems are
the residue of a dead species--but they are also the offshoots of a playful,
abundant, delicate ecosystem. Playing with Bees covets what's left. At
the bottom of everything, we find the fragments of an ecologically intact dream:
an apocalypse in reverse.
Specificaties
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- Auteur(s):
- Uitgeverij:
Inhoud
- Aantal bladzijden:
- 87
- Taal:
- Engels
- Reeks:
Eigenschappen
- Productcode (EAN):
- 9781682831960
- Verschijningsdatum:
- 16/01/2024
- Uitvoering:
- Hardcover
- Formaat:
- Genaaid
- Afmetingen:
- 150 mm x 230 mm
- Gewicht:
- 272 g
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