{"product_id":"i-come-from-a-long-line-of-people-who-don-t-use-words","title":"I Come from a Long Line of People Who Don’t Use Words","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Come from a Long Line of People Who Don’t Use Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a collection of poems by artist Tiziana La Melia, translated into Italian. It includes a selection of poems from her first two books of poetry and a new body of work titled\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Simple Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which focuses on collective healing through food preparation and magic culinary therapies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe formation of the book was the result of a dedicated collaboration between the author, the editor Sonia D’Alto, and the contributors Federica Bueti, Claudia Gangemi, and Elisa Ferrari. The editor, in her text, mentions the collaborative process: “By diluting and postponing work plans and distilling desires into semantic concerns, the roles of editor, translator, author, and proofreader at times eroded, becoming sensitive to the possibilities of multiple voices, reciprocity, and collective decision making.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe English title of the publication,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Come from a Long Line of People Who Don’t Use Words\u003c\/i\u003e, refers to the author’s inheritance. This heritage includes experiences of instability, migration, and rural culture in Southern Italy. The author depicts this subaltern condition in both urban and rural settings, specifically Vancouver and the Okanagan Valley, where the poet lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLa Melia’s artistic practice is influenced by surrealism, automatism, pop culture, and various forms of mystical counterculture. She follows a lineage of political and spiritual experiments that challenge modern cultural heritage and familial structures. This lineage is related to an aesthetic of psychedelic storytelling, therapies, and ecstatic experiences that help to reimagine reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Publication also comprises a graphic design insert of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Simple Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Roxanne Maillet, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEditor’s Note: How to write a garden, how to eat a syntax, how to read the new moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Sonia D’Alto,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Secret-Gushing-Cunt-Filled Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Allison Grimaldi Donahue and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Gets Through the Gaps of the Grid\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eby Federica Bueti.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archive Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49396995293514,"sku":"9783949973635","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/978-3-949973-63-5.jpg?v=1728896805","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/i-come-from-a-long-line-of-people-who-don-t-use-words","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}