Visceral: The Poetry of Blood (Special limited paperback edition)
RJ Arkhipov£14.99
Imagined as a living, breathing, pulsing body of work through which the poetry of blood courses, Visceral is an exploration of our life essence. With his constrained and concrete poems, Arkhipov invites the reader to pause and ponder the many meanings of blood through the lenses of abjection, ancestry, faith, intimacy, mortality, and stigma.
Description
In 2015, Welsh-Scottish poet RJ Arkhipov gained international acclaim when he penned a series of poems using his own blood as ink in protest at the blood-donor ban on men who have sex with men – a policy which has been in place in one form or another since the advent of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Five years on, in the midst of a different pandemic, governments across the United Kingdom announced the discriminatory policy would finally be lifted. To commemorate the occasion, Zuleika has republished Arkhipov’s ‘blood poems’ in this new paperback edition with illustrations by French artist Fabien Ghernati and an afterword by the author reflecting on his journey.
Imagined as a living, breathing, pulsing body of work through which the poetry of blood courses, Visceral is an exploration of our life essence. With his constrained and concrete poems, Arkhipov invites the reader to pause and ponder the many meanings of blood through the lenses of abjection, ancestry, faith, intimacy, mortality, and stigma.
The diversity of the book’s thematic organs stands as testament to the omnipresent beat of blood in our languages and cultures. Arkhipov’s evocation of the LGBT experience, in particular, highlights the intersection of blood with sex, love, and shame in the LGBT+ community.
Additional Information
| ISBN | 9781838032487 |
|---|---|
| Binding | Paperback |
| Trim Size | 129 x 198 mm |
| Page No. | 112 |
