Abstract
The poems of Inmates stage encounters with insects at sites and moments of their refuge, torpor, hatching or fighting, of traversing a floor in the night or climbing a wall, of their death and decay – all in and around the house of the writer, with whom they are sharing time, as fellow inmates.
Inmates is an attempt to co-exist with the natural world – examining it, intimately, at the edge of language itself, where the human voice begins to break apart.
Inmates is an attempt to co-exist with the natural world – examining it, intimately, at the edge of language itself, where the human voice begins to break apart.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781787331792 |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Sept 2020 |
Keywords
- Insects, crisis, encounter, poetry