
The Rot
Evelyn Araluen
The Rot is a recalcitrant study of the decaying romances, expired hopes and abject injustices of the world. A liturgy for girlhood in the dying days of late-stage capitalism, these poems expose fraying nerves and tendons of a speaker refusing to avert their gaze from the death of Country, death on Country, and the bloody violence of settler colonies here and afar.
Why we have this one
Your heart will feel warm but your eyeballs might cry-equal parts love and rage. Author Born and raised in Dharug country, she is a descendant of the Bundjalung nation. -Lua
This one is on the shelf. Reserve it and we will bring it to the next event.
ReserveCollect at Kinky Speed Dating, Wed 21 October, Enclave, 236 Lord Street, Perth.