Marsh-River-Raft-Feather is an experiment in relational ‘river-reading’ and playful earth chatter. It considers different ways of being-separably-with nonhuman life that move away from western human-anthropocentric desires. From slurry and sticky textures, to wet fluttery flood sensations, it dances with and gathers songs of pleasure, thanks, and surprise. And in so doing, it attempts to listen to and remember how our ancestors unknowably lived with (and continue to live with) earth, sky, tree, stone, feather, river-marsh.

A Spotify playlist for Marsh-River-Raft-Feather can be found here.

Clarissa Álvarez is a teacher, poet & errant storyunteller who belongs to the ancestral Rio Grande/Bravo. They are from Laredos but can currently be found living on the lands/waters of Corpus/Padre Island. 

Petero Kalulé (petals) is a composer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist. They live on the hidden river Effra in London. Their first collection Kalimba was published by Guillemot Press in May 2019.

The cover art of Marsh-River-Raft-Feather is by Yanina Spizzirri.

ISBN 978-1-913749-08-8 / 72 pages / 200 x 154mm / printed on Mohawk Superfine / sewn