Catasterisms is a collection of seven lyric essays exploring ideas of identity, relationships, and environment through the lens of Stacy Alaimo’s trans-corporeality. Each essay uses various forms to explore these concepts, utilizing concrete form, hybridized poetry and prose, and what Charles Olson refers to as projective verse. The essays use motifs like cell phone communication, star-gazing, and travel among many others to explore the ways in which individuals self-actualize through their relationships and their environment. Through emoji, photographs, and design, Catasterisms also uses the sense of sight in order to push the boundaries of traditional genres of writing and place itself in a unique position in the field of poetry and creative nonfiction.
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