Event Horizon
Event Horizon With contemplative poems inspired by the everyday--errands, gardening, dog walks, sunbathing--Cate Marvin reckons with the hurt of our patriarchal world, confronting her own past, toxic…
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Event Horizon
With contemplative poems inspired by the everyday--errands, gardening, dog walks, sunbathing--Cate Marvin reckons with the hurt of our patriarchal world, confronting her own past, toxic relationships and pondering what we can gain by leaving some loved-ones behind.Her brilliant fourth poetry collection exists just outside of calamity. At Marvin's table, the knife of domesticity becomes a threat, sharpened and shined. Set between the violent realm of patriarchy and the bright otherworld of female agency and survival, these are poems of pointed humor and quick intellect, radical exposure and (re)vision.
Event Horizon asks, at what point do we disappear into our experiences? Misogyny pulls the sheets from the bed; motherhood wails from the backseat of the car; our hero is ghosted (abandoned, haunted) by past friends and beloveds. How do we come out on the other