Material Witness
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1643622447
ISBN-13
9781643622446
Publisher
Nightboat Books
Imprint
Nightboat Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 5th, 2024
Print length
80 Pages
Weight
166 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 15.30 x 0.90 cms
Product Classification:
PoetryPoetry by individual poets
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A series of meditative long poems that ritualize perception as a way of maintaining kinship with the non-human world. In Material Witness, the poet as human subject keeps vigil over the material world as the quotidian unfolds. The line between observer and observed blurs as non-human agency reveals itself, its own kind of witnessing. In her long poem “Concerning Matters Culinary” inspired by the first Latin cookbook, Machado activates the living matter of gustatory life with wry humor and subtle critique. Encouraging us to eschew nostalgia for deep presence, Machado’s poems remind us that “experience is phenomenal in its segues.”
A series of meditative long poems that ritualize perception as a way of maintaining kinship with the non-human world.
In Material Witness, the poet as human subject keeps vigil over the material world as the quotidian unfolds. The line between observer and observed blurs as non-human agency reveals itself, its own kind of witnessing. In her long poem “Concerning Matters Culinary” inspired by the first Latin cookbook, Machado activates the living matter of gustatory life with wry humor and subtle critique. Encouraging us to eschew nostalgia for deep presence, Machado’s poems remind us that “experience is phenomenal in its segues.”Get Material Witness by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Nightboat Books and it has pages.
