Desireé Dallagiacomo - SINK
Sat, 05 Oct
|Better Read Than Dead
American spoken-word poet Desireé Dallagiacomo discusses her incredible debut collection, SINK, which grapples with the intersections of family and mental health. Desireé will be in conversation with Alinora Tame.
Time & Location
05 Oct 2019, 3:00 pm – 4:40 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
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About The Event
American spoken-word poet Desireé Dallagiacomo discusses her incredible debut collection, SINK, which grapples with the intersections of family and mental health, and weighs the cost of what it is to be alive and a woman in a landscape that makes being both uninviting.
As well as performing, Desireé will discuss SINK with a special guest to be announced soon!
About the Book
SINK grapples with the intersections of family and mental health. It asks and answers hard questions about grief, lineage, death and all manner of inheritance. What is one left with when they come from a family that has nothing to its name but loss?
Dallagiacomo weighs the cost of what it is to be alive and a woman in a landscape that makes being alive and a woman uninviting. SINK approaches grief and depression not as a tourist, but instead with the power and nuance of someone who…
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