A quote for August 2024.

If you have ever found yourself on the periphery, outside of dominant narratives and nuclear-ish families, you will have passed through a period of emptiness wherein the material of your life was not ‘suitable’ for any of the things around you. Meaning: no outlet or form of communication existed to convey your experience, and so the experience remained caught inside you, seething.

—Heather McCalden

From The Observable Universe: An Investigation (Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 2024).

Photography by Nastia Petruk.

Libby Hart

Libby Hart is an Australian poet who writes about the living world and the human experience. Her books include Burn, Wild, This Floating World and Fresh News from the Arctic. She is the editor of My Name Suspended in the Air, a centenary celebration of the Irish writer, Leland Bardwell.

https://libbyhartpoet.com
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