Teeter

Teeter's autohistoriography of felt time emerges from subversive hearing practices and the emotional prosody of a mother tongue one does not understand but activates in another poetic language. Comprised of three long poems, it explores the intimacy of experimental forms, the understanding of languages we do not speak, and the lessons in listening that reverberate across career retrospectives, heritage languages, colonial histories, and domestic intimacies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2023
Publisher: Nightboat Books

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Teeter's autohistoriography of felt time emerges from subversive hearing practices and the emotional prosody of a mother tongue one does not understand but activates in another poetic language. Comprised of three long poems, Teeter demonstrates that experimental forms can be as intimate as mothering; that we can understand languages we do not speak. From the intensities of attention in "Hearing" to the familial Filipino immigrant soundscapes in "Ambient Mom" to the careful scrutiny of socially sanctioned narratives and trajectories in "Histories," Teeter's lessons in listening reverberate across career retrospectives, heritage languages, colonial histories, and domestic intimacies, re-tuning us to what we have neglected to notice in our efforts to create a life we can understand.

Dimension: 228 x 177 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781643621739