{"product_id":"9781764239707-retail-or-an-autobiography","title":"Or, an Autobiography","description":"Or- An Autobiography explores in poetry fluidities of self, body and imagination.\n\nOr- An Autobiography explores fluidities of self, body and imagination. Its central book-length poem 'The Or Tree' is an alternative version of the fictional poem, 'The Oak Tree', which was written by Virginia Woolf's character Orlando (who in turn was a fictional rendition of Vita Sackville-West). 'The Oak Tree' takes Orlando over 300 years to write, in which time they live through multiple eras, burn their poetic oeuvre, have various affairs with poets and critics, a queen, and change gender from male to female. 'The Or Tree' is an assemblage and erasure poem, resurrected chronologically from the six chapters of a burnt copy of Orlando- A Biography. It is an homage to androgyny and the non-binary, or rather, an expression of the fluidity we are all capable of. 'Or' is an alter ego and character in the poem (pronouns they\/them), as well as a conjunction, and a ghost. 'The Or Tree' is complemented by an \"understorey\", a poetic essay that underscores and intertwines with the poem across each chapter in a radical play on the confessional and citational.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48878236106971,"sku":"9781764239707-RETAIL","price":21.24,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0496a95e-d61b-41cb-a017-eeb9506d32c9.jpg?v=1781527839","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781764239707-retail-or-an-autobiography","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}