Timeless, Infinite Light, 2016.
ISBN: 9781937421212
Paperback, 90 Pages, 4.5 in x 7 in
Disaster is an investigation into what is possible when everything goes perfectly wrong; when planes crash, trains derail, and structures collapse. The details are put forward as a way to examine how each disaster is mourned as a catastrophic exception to the order of things. Ultimately, looking at these events creates space to explore the connection between the collective trauma experienced in the wake of a large scale disaster and a personal story of mourning.
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“Madison Davis’ Disaster is compelling. At first you can’t bear to read it then you can’t bear not to. When disaster occurs in one’s life, when there is death, there are levels of grief. One is pulled into the disaster according to the specific lineaments of the dying. How is it possible to go forward into life when “It cannot happen / it happened?” With Disaster, Davis faces into loss by composing with details of what might be called unnatural disasters: tragedies caused by stupidity or just bad luck. She isn’t looking for solace and finds none. The beautifully articulated disasters in this book feel dangerous, inevitable, and random.”
-LAURA MORIARTY