Thatcher, Christina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0105-6797 2020. How to carry fire. Parthian Books. |
Abstract
How to Carry Fire was born from the ashes of family addiction. Beginning with the burning down of her childhood home, Thatcher explores how fire can both destroy and cleanse. Her work recognises embers everywhere: in farmhouses, heroin needles, poisonous salamanders. Thatcher reveals how fire is internalised and disclosed through anxiety, addiction, passion and love. Underneath and among the flames runs the American and Welsh landscapes - locations which, like fire itself, offer up experiences which mesmerise, burn and purify. This poignant second collection reminds us of how the most dangerous and volatile fires can forge us - even long after the flames have died down.
Item Type: | Book |
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Book Type: | Authored Book |
Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | English, Communication and Philosophy |
Publisher: | Parthian Books |
ISBN: | 9781912681488 |
Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2023 16:50 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/155443 |
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