A collection of poems that looks at our primal appetite for attachment through the modern norms of codependency and co-existence, understanding that the postmodern digital era has created an atmosphere where the vulnerability and tenderness of the individual is both profanely exposed and brazenly reinvented in the arrival of virtual identity.
Exploring serious themes with a blend of humor and intellect, the poetry delves into topics such as childhood, women's roles in a techno-capitalist society, and feminist literary theory. Christakos employs language games that add vibrancy and excitement, making the work both challenging and engaging. This collection stands out as a significant contribution to contemporary Canadian poetry, inviting readers to reflect on complex societal issues through a unique artistic lens.
The heart, writes Margaret Christakos, is 'a public organ of private damage.' The poems in Excessive Love Prostheses confess, rather than deride, the complexities of contemporary desire, describing a subject that is both public and private, physical and virtual. Excessive Love Prostheses takes the confessional lyric poem and runs it through Kathy Acker's Cuisinart. Christakos shapes a sensory surfeitry of pornography, cautionary nursery rhymes, mothering, bisexuality and the paradoxes of feminism into poignant analogies for contemporary obsessions and ailments; here are the voices of construction workers, staple sorters, obstetricians, video technicians and others, shattered and sorted by a practiced writerly hand. The result is a near-ecstatic tribute to the hyper-embodied intelligence of a new millennial subject.
Exploring themes of family genealogy, private sexuality, and midlife transitions, this collection of essays offers an intimate glimpse into the author's experiences. Margaret Christakos blends personal narrative with reflections on contemporary digital culture, inviting readers to engage with her unique perspective on life's changes. Through her creative non-fiction, she crafts a thought-provoking dialogue that resonates with women's studies and memoir enthusiasts alike.
Exploring the interplay of domestic life and creative expression, this poetry collection captures a woman's evolving self-image as she navigates the dual roles of mother and writer. Through vibrant language and personal reflections, the work delves into the tension between memory and culture, emphasizing the necessity of stepping away from mothering to embrace writing. The collection invites the passionate voice of the lover within the mother, celebrating a dynamic and intricate relationship with the present.
This work offers a profound poetic exploration of the hypermediatized self, delving into themes of identity and perception in a media-saturated world. Through innovative language and imagery, it challenges readers to reflect on how technology shapes personal and collective experiences. The examination reveals the complexities of self-representation and the impact of constant connectivity on human relationships and self-awareness.
That Audible Slippage invokes a poetics of active listening and environmental sound to investigate the ways in which we both hear and fail to hear insufficiency, loss, incompleteness, and other affects.