Dominique Hecq
Auteur van Speculate: A Collection of Microlit
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Dominique Hecq is Associate Professor in Writing at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. Dominique is also Editor of Bukker Tillibul: The Online Journal of Practice-Led Research.
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Speculate: A Collection of Microlit door Eugen Bacon
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.I do not honestly know how I feel about this book. In general, it had a good flow to it but it was hard to follow and understand each part. I got confused on some of the sections and had to read them numerous times. I think there was a lot of thought that went into this book but I feel like only a certain audience will enjoy it.
I’m not sure what to make of this. It’s very pretty writing, but seems ultimately very pointless. Basically, each piece is a page of two antiphonal paragraphs which sort of connect to each other; one seems to respond to the other.
There’s not much commonality between the pieces, bar the Australian setting. I guess they could be considered prose poetry; it does come across as rather poetic.
To be read in small doses; more than 2 or 3 at once tends to be a bit cloying.
Update: Finally finished. My overall take is that it seems too much of a slog to read; really it should be read maybe one piece a day, maybe 2, one in the morning, one in the evening, but makes it take too long. I would not recommend reading the pieces back-to-back; they need time to settle in your mind as individual prose poems.… (meer)
There’s not much commonality between the pieces, bar the Australian setting. I guess they could be considered prose poetry; it does come across as rather poetic.
To be read in small doses; more than 2 or 3 at once tends to be a bit cloying.
Update: Finally finished. My overall take is that it seems too much of a slog to read; really it should be read maybe one piece a day, maybe 2, one in the morning, one in the evening, but makes it take too long. I would not recommend reading the pieces back-to-back; they need time to settle in your mind as individual prose poems.… (meer)
Please note: this book was provided for me to read and review by the publisher. You can rest assured however, that this is (as always) an honest review!
Speculate: A Collection of Microlit is a collection of prose poetry by Australian authors Eugene Bacon and Dominique Hecq. In each of the two halves of the book, one author begins with a poem, and the other responds with a poem of their own. The ideas bounce back and forth like a tennis match, picking up on themes or details in the previous piece, and working them into their own. Each poem is short, none longer than a page, some only a few sentences, but all are rich in imagery and evocation. Some were lofty in their themes, and others spoke of everyday occurrences.
The two authors span a great width of diversity -- one a career author and university lecturer, the other a Black immigrant who gave up a career in computing for one in writing. Yet there are also points of similarity and relateability between them. Both are women, and both live in the same city (the city I live in!), with its unique quirks and secrets. To watch them play off against each other was fascinating. I don't read much poetry, and certainly not an extended collection (the book is 136 pages long), but I found myself being drawn in and pulled towards the end by the linked nature of the pieces.
The book itself, though an ebook, is beautifully decorated throughout with monochrome watercolour backgrounds and motifs. I was pleasantly surprised at this level of detail and care. A nice touch is that the alternate poems are in italics, so I was easily able to keep track of which author had written each piece.
I enjoyed this collection much more than I thought I would, and would like to read more prose poetry and microlit in the future.
Would I read more by these authors? Yes!… (meer)
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.Several years ago I saw the idea that Twitter and cereal boxes and poetry are all governed by the same constraints. And Microlit is a new genre of fiction that works at that intersection. In this book then the authors Hecq and Bacon, provide another intersection by commenting on each other's short works with a poetic response.
The material is abstract, fanciful, cultural and even comical. Small bites when you need stimulating company for just a moment. A true pleasure to read!
The material is abstract, fanciful, cultural and even comical. Small bites when you need stimulating company for just a moment. A true pleasure to read!
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