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A review by lauren_endnotes
Exiles of Eden by Ladan Osman
Osman opens the collection with some stunner poems in "Half-Life" (immediately getting my attention as she quotes Stanislaw Lem's Solaris), and "You Return With the Water: Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004".
Quiet intensity maintained through the poems, and the great use of photographs and cartoons to supplement her words.
Several pieces will stay with me, but I think "Practice with Yearning Theorem: Loci" is the standout. Grief processing and observation through Google Earth aerial photography:
I visit countries in trouble. If there's water, I go there first. I look for green. Last, I look for airports, other infrastructure. Mogadishu, Aleppo, Baghdad.
Quiet intensity maintained through the poems, and the great use of photographs and cartoons to supplement her words.
Several pieces will stay with me, but I think "Practice with Yearning Theorem: Loci" is the standout. Grief processing and observation through Google Earth aerial photography:
I visit countries in trouble. If there's water, I go there first. I look for green. Last, I look for airports, other infrastructure. Mogadishu, Aleppo, Baghdad.