Humanimal: A Project for Future Children 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Bhanu Kapil (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0932716709

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In this new prose document, Bhanu Kapil follows a film crew to the Bengal jungle to re-encounter the true account of two girls found living with wolves in 1921. Taking as its source text the diary of the missionary who strove to rehabilitate these orphans--through language instruction and forcible correction of supinated limbs--HUMANIMAL functions as a healing mutation for three bodies and a companion poiesis for future physiologies. Through wolfgirls Kamala and Amala, there is a grafting: what scars down into the feral opens out also into the fierce, into a remembrance of Kapil's father. The humanimal text becomes one in which personal and postcolonial histories cross a wilderness to form supported metabiology. "Lucidly, holographically, your heart pulsed in the air next to your body; then my eyes clicked the photo into place. Future child, in the time you lived in, your arms always itched and flaked. To write this, the memoir of your body, I slip my arms into the sleeves of your shirt. I slip my arms into yours, to become four-limbed."

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About the Author

Bhanu Kapil is the author of five works of poetry/prose: THE VERTICAL INTERROGATION OF STRANGERS (Kelsey Street Press, 2001), INCUBATION: A SPACE FOR MONSTERS (Leon Works, 2006), HUMANIMAL: A PROJECT FOR FUTURE CHILDREN (Kelsey Street Press, 2009), SCHIZOPHRENE (Nightboat Books, 2011), and BAN EN BANLIEUE (Nightboat Books, 2015). She maintains a widely read blog on social incubation, prose experiments, and dogs: Was Jack Kerouac A Punjabi? She lives in Colorado, where she teaches at Naropa University.

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File Size: 1247 KB
Print Length: 71 pages
Publisher: Kelsey Street Press; 1st edition (October 30, 2012)
Publication Date: October 30, 2012
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B009ZBY6C8
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Awesome story

Bycaptainfluffybearon January 27, 2016

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The mysterious story about the two wolve girls. Fantastic book. Had a lovely time reading this book. Comes in mint condition. The book was required for one of my college courses and it was fantastic. Professors never really assign a good book to write an essay about. However I loved reading this book and writing about it. The first time through I was kind of confused at what was going on because the text was so difficult. But as I began writing my paper, I fell in love with the story more. Highly suggested!

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So interesting

ByRenny Ratliffon February 4, 2014

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Wow- This book was different. Told in a perspective that left me a little confused at times- yet I still wanted to finish every page.
The story is one of a kind and will really make you thankful for your life. Such a different culture than any that I have ever experienced- gave me an eye opening look at life and how different it can be from one human to the next.

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She isn't very good at either

ByDavid Dressneron November 26, 2014

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Bhanu Kapil is defined as an "experimental fiction poet." After reading Humanimal, being present in a Q n A, and seeing her do reading i've made a conclusion. All she does is mix fiction writing and and what can barely be called non-prosaic. She isn't very good at either. Her fiction is boring and poetry unimaginative. Humanimal is a example of this. 3 different perspective that switch at a moments notice. Neither are very good at all.

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Five Stars

ByMirion December 11, 2015

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Hands down one of my favorite things I ever read. Read it. Just do it.

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