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On the occasions of the birthday of its author (and my friend and colleague) @CandiceAmich, let me recommend the book Precarious Forms, a continental tour of poetry, performance, and art written against the rise of neoliberalism. nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810141827/precarious-forms/Permalink On twitter.com
Mood +4 🙂
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The artists profiled speak back in the face of the Pinochet coup and the invasion of Grenada, and in the struggle to reassert feminist, Indigenous, and Black liberation within revolutions of the Caribbean and Central America.Permalink On twitter.com
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In her introduction, Amich promises: "these late 20th century utopian performances anticipate and contribute to an activist and critical turn to vulnerability in the twenty-first century."Permalink On twitter.com
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The work of the book and the artists it profiles is enlarging the potential subject of revolution to include the vulnerable, and vulnerability itself, rather than figuring revolution as self-improvement of the already heroic subject.Permalink On twitter.com
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Among the artists and poets profiled are… Dionne Brand, Nancy Morejón, Margaret Randall, Adrienne Rich, Daisy Zamora, Coco Fusco, Ana Mendieta, Nancy Morejón, and Raúl Zurita.On twitter.com