Intersection of Trauma and Desire: I Am A Body of Land by Sh

Intersection of Trauma and Desire: I Am A Body of Land by Shannon Webb-Campbell : Arc Poetry


Shannon Webb-Campbell’s poem “Their World View is a New Home in an Ancient Land” includes a wry opening stanza: “if you think you can hold dominion over flora and fauna, / that a body and life can be property, / you’d better try buying a constellation.” More importantly, it is the source of the book’s title, and appears right in the middle of
I Am A Body of Land, which gives readers a clear heads-up; this is the fulcrum point.
Prior to “Their World View…” Webb-Campbell grapples with the collapse of both her social life and her sense of self after Book*hug’s publication and subsequent withdrawal of

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