SUBTEXT refracts the language of identity formation. It collages the echoes of diasporic and colonial histories through poetry, drama, autobiography, and archival uncovering.
Divided into four parts, SUBTEXT peers into the imperceptible psychic strata created by intergenerational trauma, confronting the challenge of finding one’s place in a sensorium of concealed realities and obscured memories. Dwelling in the bubbling froth of dreamwork, these poems take a multifaceted approach to questions of diaspora and selfhood, incorporating visual and textual elements that dialogue with one another and ask readers to negotiate the unsteady shoals of identity and history.
| Publisher | Talon books |
| Author | Nicole Raziya Fong |
| Country | Canada |
| Publication Date | 28/04/2026 |
| Pages | 86 |
| Edition | first |
| Size | 6×9 |
| About the Author | Nicole Raziya Fong (they/them) is the author of Я (forthcoming, Hiding Press), ORACULE (2021, Talonbooks), PERFACT (2019, Talonbooks), and other works. Their work seeks to delimit and reconstruct immaterial ampoules of psychic experience, coaxing the incorporeal into inhabiting a more muscular physique. Writing appears in literary journals including The Capilano Review, carte blanche, Social Text, and The Volta. Their work has been translated, featured on the CBC, and long-listed for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. They live in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal, Québec, Canada. |
| Publisher Address | info@talonbooks.com |
| ISBN | 9781772017076 |
