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Podcast: Compulsive Reader talks
Episode: Meera Atkinson on literature and trauma
Description: Meera Atkinson reads from her book Traumata and talks about her work, the ongoing relevance of Traumata, the difficulty and the necessity of the hybrid form, on language, blood, the patriarchy, beauty and its commodification, the power of engagement with the past - personally and collectively, literature, poetry and much more.
Find out more about Meera and her work at her website: https://www.meeraatkinson.com
Two recent publications of Meera's:
http://cordite.org.au/scholarly/writing-threat-and-trauma/?fbclid=IwAR0_Jw8QBcYTnoamuqiNNUt5_E2XTb58_Ontnasx4kGspZasq81mAF4ZR6w
https://theconversation.com/fri...