"The Past Is Never Dead: PW Talks with Brandon Shimoda"
"I think this research was born in a way out of loneliness. I did a lot of it during lockdown, so talking with these people was a very practical response to feeling like I’m wandering through these landscapes alone. These landscapes and the subject didn’t really come to life for me until I invited other people in. And then I just wanted to step back, because what they were sharing with me was so beautiful. Also, I was writing about a collective experience, and I felt like if the book was just from my subjectivity, then I would be defining that collective experience."
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What Sparks Poetry: Dior J. Stephens on "UYP 7"
“The plum and the plum tree, then, became a philosophical center for me. Or, if not center, a lily pad of poetic thought, leading me to reflect on what exactly it meant for such fruition, such overabundance, to result in death, rot, and souring. And how, in a number of ways, these stages of growth remarked upon the trends of capitalism, (over)production and exploitation in Western society. I couldn’t help but wonder, day after day, if this cycle—that of bud to bloom to death and decay—was inevitable in all arenas of life.” |
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