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An examination of self and identity combining poetry, theatre, and philosophy, influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, the writings of Plato, the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini, and the Odyssey.
About the author
Nicole Raziya Fong (they/she) is the author of
¿ (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.
Summary
ORACULE occurs at the intersection of poetry and theatre. Its characters inhabit a classical and cosmological world where psychic phenomena constantly threaten to impinge upon the arc of combat occurring between the women trapped within. Influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy, the writings of Plato, the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini, and The Odyssey, ORACULE approaches self and identity through a fractal, performative lens, subverting Socratic dialogue. Through lyric expressions of dream, theatrical dialogue, the engagements of chorus, anti-chorus, and song, readers may pause to enter ORACULE before the inevitable exile: the result of such engagement is to be cast permanently from the world of reason.
