Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit / Jen Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Jen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

English poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (67 pages)

Place of Publication:

LaVergne : Bloodaxe Books, 2023.

Hexham, England : Bloodaxe Books Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit explores disability, storytelling, and the process of mythologising trauma. Jen Campbell writes of Victorian circus and folklore, deep seas and dark forests, discussing her own relationship with hospitals — both as a disabled person, and as an adult reflecting on childhood while going through IVF. Please, Do Not Touch This Exhibit is Jen Campbell's second collection. Her first book-length collection, The Girl Aquarium (Bloodaxe Books, 2019), was shortlisted for the poetry category of the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2019 and was a semifinalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2019 (Best Poetry category).

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

At First, the House Is Blue

Anatomy of the Sea

Dear [_____] [1]

The Hospital Is Not My House

Dear [_____] [2]

The Hospital Is Not a Place for Bodies

Dear [_____] [3]

For a While, the House Is Green

The House of Mirrors Is Owned by the Freak Show

The Body Festival

Ghost-Whisperer

Sometimes, The House Is Made of Glass

Dear [_____] [4]

Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit

Technical Rehearsal

First Thing, I Am a Forest

Dear [_____] [5]

Alopecia

My Brain Is a Sleeping Thing

We Must Admit, the House Is Pink

Fell

For Some Reason, I Can't Stop Writing About Lighthouses

In My Dream, the House Is Dark

When I Revisit This Room, I Want to Leave Again

Poem as Bad Doctor

Somehow, the House Is Orange

The Five Stages of IVF

When It Arrives, It Weighs 5kg

The Hospital Is Not Big Enough for the Two of Us

Trying to Gain Entry into The Republic of Motherhood

This Is Just to Say

When I Go to the Woods

The Weekend the Garden Reflected Our House

The Trees Are Part of the Process

Now, The House Is Red

This Doesn't Have a Name Yet

The House Is All the Colours, All at Once

Common Side Effects

Copyright.

Notes:

Title from eBook information screen..

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78037-662-6

OCLC:

1395184205