Abstract
A fragmentary lyric essay/memoir about grief and houseplants. In Pothos, Campbell traces a polyvocal narrative of loss, absent presence, and queer homemaking through a poetics of attention and an engagement with texts, art, music, and the occasional hologram. Hovering somewhere between memoir, prose poetry and essay, Pothos examines the condition of being alternately infuriated, bored, and overwhelmed by grief—its mutability, its opacity, its refusals. It is a raw and nebulous exploration of mourning, care and domesticity, and the way in which the small background sentience of plants can (maybe) tell us something about our own growth.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Llandysul, Ceredigion |
| Publisher | Broken Sleep Books |
| Number of pages | 158 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781913642587 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Jul 2021 |
Keywords
- Memoir
- Houseplants
- Grief
- Lyric essay
- Queer domesticity