small white monkeys Punks ‘De crux is liefde en

‘De crux is liefde en wij zijn de scherven daarvan

in de statistieken van geweld die dalen maar waarin seksgeweld niet opgenomen is

especially in a time of ongoing political crisis

In ghostly conversation with the sixteenth-century emblematist Andrea Alciato – a witness to a lonely time – the poems of this debut collection are carried forward by a non-linear dream logic of metaphor and similitude

small white monkeys Punks ‘De crux is liefde enSophie Collins small white monkeys is a fragmented essay, including poems and images, on self expression, self help and shame. Beginning with the image of the small white monkeys, the text examines the Collins's relationship with shame through a series of short studies on, amongst other things, cats, hair as a metonym for the self in poetry and fiction, and perceptions of sexual violence. Made through research into Glasgow Womens Librarys Archive