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The Closed Spaces
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ISBN10: 1837380147
ISBN13: 9781837380145
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Published: Apr 3 2026
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781837380145
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Published: Apr 3 2026
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In this collection Angela Gardner explores the many ways of looking. Ripped by a wind that raptures, The Closed Spaces explores the human intertwine of pain and bliss, asking: are we windows or mirrors? How can we hold and restore our attention, resisting the commodification of our gaze? In a society under pressure who gets to look and who is seen? Showcasing a dirty and unequal war, a video game, the mechanics of optics to view a landscape, and the exchange between model and painter each of the poems shows us a different way of being in the body. From the utilitarian hunt of a bird of prey and the helplessness of a political prisoner under the predatory gaze of his captor, to the gaze of a lover finding the attention that Hannah Arendt equated with love.
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