Alisha Mascarenhasâs A Catalogue of Risk is a volte-face of the neoliberal market economyâs construction of isolated, individual safety. In her debut book of poems, Mascarenhas lingers in the question of risk as it arises in daily life and intimacy. Through a close study and partial translation of philosopher-psychoanalyst Anne Dufourmantelleâs Ãloge du risque (2011), her poems posit risk as a fissure, through which we might imagine yet-unknown futures. Alisha Mascarenhasâs A Catalogue of Risk is the recipient of the 2022 Carolyn Bush Award. Alisha Mascarenhas (b. 1989) is a poet and...
Alisha Mascarenhasâs A Catalogue of Risk is a volte-face of the neoliberal market economyâs construction of isolated, individual safety. In her debu...