Second Memory

by Alycia Pirmohamed, Pratyusha

Second Memory is a collaborative pamphlet written by Pratyusha and Alycia Pirmohamed that traces and entwines their ancestral histories. Bringing together both creative and theoretical approaches, their work slips between genres - at times personal essay, at times prose-poetry - and ghosts across intergenerational trauma, shadowy memories, dreams, and fraught landscapes. Epistolary dialogue underpins the intimacy of the writing, weaving together two voices, at once illusory and tactile.

Genres: Poetry

52 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Lorna · Rating 5 out of 5]

‘Love has sat on my tongue like / the lychee’s stone’. 💖 Stunning work co-authored by my talented friend Pratyusha.

[S P]

'The habitus of a second memory, the intimacy of touch, the recoiling away from a touch unwelcome or a touch that has made itself unwelcome. In love I think of all this and glimpse my reflection in a knife as I cut garlic. My eyes in a fluid state thinking how does a body withstand this, my eyes in a solid state turning mirror after mirror, ready to cut.'

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