Overview
An intimate and kaleidoscopic entry in the Multiverse series that excavates survival, storytelling, and coming to terms with an unrulyĀ mind.
InĀ A Window That Can Neither Open nor Close, the stakes of writing are also the stakes of living. āThough I no longer wanted to die,ā writes Lauren Russell, āour first years together were not easy ā¦ because I also did not want to live.ā From this enigmatic in-between, Russell dives into multitudes: cats and questions; compulsion and devotion; narrative and diagnosis; language and loneliness; scrupulosity and stasis; suicidality andĀ love.
Resisting the neurotypical expectation to choose any one answer arising from her explorations, she invites readers to engage: a pop quiz, a twelve-sided die, an abecedarian confession, a box of mirrors, several idiosyncratic diagnostic tools, and a suite of obsidian waiting rooms. Holding binaries in suspense, Russell seamlessly unfolds and enfolds the various operations of language, moving through forms with the restless brilliance of an architect turned ethicist turned collagist turned origamist. And everything, it seems, finds some way to turn back intoĀ poetry.
From psychological evaluation to clickbait, Russell transforms the worldās furious search for explanations into open inquiry. āHow flat is the silence in your pocket?ā she asks. āIs the inside of a wish an ossuary?ā āDo questions stick you to the wall of sociability?ā āDid I say I am making my own bestiary?ā āWhat kind of cascade is this?ā In a book dedicated to knowing, to not-knowing, and to its readers, Russell pulls back the curtain and invites usĀ in.
This book title, A Window That Can Neither Open Nor Close (Poems, Plots, Chance), ISBN: 9781571315670, by Lauren Russell, published by Milkweed Editions (August 27, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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