Dream Rooms - River Halen

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Auteur(s) : River Halen

Editeur : Book*Hug Press

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/10/2022

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 200

Expédition : 159

Dimensions : 20.2 x 13.2 x 1.0

ISBN : 1771667788

Résumé :

Part essay, part poem, part fever dream journal entry, Dream Rooms is a book about personal revolution, about unravelling a worldview to make space for different selves and realities. Set in the years that led up to author River Halen coming out as trans, this collection concerns itself with what sits on the surface of daily life, hidden in plain view, hungry for address--what it means to take a stranger's pet rabbit to the vet in a year of accelerating extinctions, to lose your clothes to a moth infestation then buy a duvet made of fossil fuels, to learn your bookshelf is full of work written by rapists and rape apologists, to consider a birth control device as a narrative about bodies and their possibilities, then pull the string. Deeply queer and trans not only in its content but in its thinking, Dream Rooms invites readers to that place in consciousness where fear and desire, hidden information and common knowledge brush up against each other and are mutually transformed.

Biographie:

River Halen is a non-binary transgender writer of Catalan and Danish descent born in Surrey, BC, on unceded Coast Salish land and now living in Tio'tia: ke (Montreal). Their poems and essays dealing with relation, ecology, transformation, and sexuality have been published widely in Canada, the U.S., Australia, and Japan. They have been shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry and a National Magazine Award, and selected for inclusion in Best Canadian Essays.

Sommaire:

A personal revolution unfolds in essays and poems exploring gender, identity, and transformation.

Dream Rooms is a deeply personal exploration of identity and change. Set in the years leading up to River Halen coming out as trans, this collection of essays and poems delves into the hidden aspects of daily life, addressing themes of personal revolution and self-discovery. What does it mean to take a stranger's pet rabbit to the vet, confront a moth infestation, or realize your bookshelf is full of problematic works?

Through queer and trans lenses, Halen invites readers to a space where fear and desire intertwine, transforming common knowledge. This collection is for those seeking to understand gender identity, navigate personal change, and connect with others through shared experiences. Discover a new way to hold what we think we know, or drop it on the ground.