Textes poétiques et fictionnels rédigés à partir du confinement de 2020 aux Etats-Unis. L'auteur partage ses pensées, aborde des thèmes tragiques la mort de George Floyd, ou sa visite du lycée d'Oxford quelques jours après la fusillade meurtrière de 2021. Si certains textes ont une dimension guérisseuse, d'autres dépeignent l'effondrement du monde moderne. ©Electre 2025
« There is denial about the extent of climate breakdown, and there is denial about the need for mass civil disobedience in order to respond to it. Biba Sheikh sees into a future where these denials are overcome, Her 'Akashic Diaries' show us that when we do this will we be able to salvage some of our legacy of desecration. »
Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion and founder of Beyond Politics
These burning/moving texts are left raw, and are poetic fragments, and sketches, nourished by the visions and experiences of Biba Sheikh, nomadic writer and artist of Lebanese American origin living now in Detroit. This akashic journal (from the Sanskrit, Akasha the unwritten history, the hidden meaning) began during the lockdown of 2020. However, the texts within these pages bridge into various poetic entries and styles, written sometimes from the shocking events (including the murder of Georges Floyd by a police officer) which divided American society and stunned the world. There is also a fictional text written after a visit to Oxford High School, a few days after the tragic shooting. Some entries are meant as acts of healing, while Detroit Degree Zero and others are signs of planetary breakdown. The book also has a section of some older powerful writings, between fragmentation of being and possible healing, and is introduced by cultural critic/curator Philippe Franck.
Paru le : 12/07/2023
Thématique : Poésie auteurs étrangers
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Biba Sheikh
Éditeur(s) :
Europia
Collection(s) : Non précisé.
Contributeur(s) : Préfacier : Roger Hallam - Préfacier : Philippe Franck
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 979-10-90094-65-9
EAN13 : 9791090094659
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 136
Hauteur: 18.0 cm / Largeur 12.0 cm
Épaisseur: 0.7 cm
Poids: 127 g
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