Whale aria : poems /
As formally visionary and acoustically attuned as ever, Rajiv Mohabir has composed an interspecies opera in Whale Aria. This collection examines the humpback whale as a zoomorphic analog of the queer, brown, migratory speaker breaching these pages. Just as a person navigates postcolonial queerness a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tribeca, New York :
Four Way Books,
[2023].
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| Summary: | As formally visionary and acoustically attuned as ever, Rajiv Mohabir has composed an interspecies opera in Whale Aria. This collection examines the humpback whale as a zoomorphic analog of the queer, brown, migratory speaker breaching these pages. Just as a person navigates postcolonial queerness across geopolitical boundaries, traveling from India to Guyana to London to New York to Honolulu, these singular cetaceans wander through disparate waters. Undersea, whales call to one another through their marine music, and, using the documented structure of humpback vocalizations, Mohabir translates the syntax of their songs into poetry. |
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| Physical Description: | 98 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781954245686 1954245688 |