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Scar/city
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- Book Synopsis
- When the trees came down no one knew how / to interpret the light. homeless / it bounces off glass surfaces / pierces the wandering eye- These poems walk streets and take snapshots of the impact financialization of our homes has on our sense of community and belonging. Meandering through physical and philosophical materials - cement, memory, water, narrative, history, sand, light, concrete, and others' voices - Daniela Elza documents this urgent moment. The reader winds through fragments amidst urban fragmentation. A sequence of triptych poems hearkens to silos, skyscrapers, and streets. Readers here have a choice: they can read across the page or down. She channels Syrian architect Marwa Al-Sabouni, who says, "The fabric of our cities is reflected in the fabric of our souls." SCAR/CITY emerges from the Vancouver context to take on global issues of predatory finance and a market that mines homes for profit. It steps outside of binary conversations in favour of poetic reflection and interrogates a system that results in perceptible depravity and scarcity, which leaves us homeless, metaphorically and literally. French philosopher Gaston Bachelard says, "The space we love is unwilling to remain permanently enclosed … Space calls for action, and before action, the imagination is at work." Amidst negotiations and advocacy in the fight for security of tenure and lease renewal, SCAR/CITY is a poetic call to action.
- About The Author
- Daniela Elza is the 2024 recipient of the Colleen Thibaudeau Award for Outstanding Contribution to Poetry. She lives in Vancouver, Canada.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780228023739
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press, (29 July 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 152
- Weight
- 454 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 191 x 127 mm
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