
O
Niki Tulk(Author)
Jerrod Schwarz(Editor)
Driftwood Press
Published on 26. July 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
94 pages
978-1-949065-21-3 (ISBN)
Description
Niki Tulk's O explores the complex aftermath of sexual assault through folklore and profound truths about our collective history of violence, womanhood, and justice.
This stunning collection of poems from writer & performance artist Niki Tulk explores the aftermath of sexual assault.
Tulk unearths myths and folklore, revealing profound truths about the stories we craft around violence, womanhood, and justice.
These are complex, rich, and harrowing poems suffused with a high attention to craft. Readers of classics will revel in the way Tulk modernizes our mythmaking inclinations, twisting them into a powerful and somber meditation on sexual assault.
Varied and creative, Tulk's O feels seismic in its movements, mirroring the poet's own experience as a performance artist.
Readers who want to engage with complex themes and historical narratives will find much to absorb here.
This collection also features a bespoke interview with the writer at then end of the book, delving deeper into the craft, influences, and life behind their work.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
131 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-949065-21-3 (9781949065213)
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Niki Tulk is an ex-pat Australian, and experimental theatre-maker, improviser, writer, poet and author of Performing the Wound: Practicing a Feminist Theatre of Becoming (Routledge, 2022). She currently lives with her family and rescue dog in the White Mountains, New Hampshire.