Tractatus

Author: Elise Houcek

Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil (2022)

“'The antithesis of nature, but au contraire, what I mean is wild n free.'” Get liberated by Tractatus, Elise Houcek’s neo-bimbo limbo through 'the alluring trash/meanness of the feminine.' The atmospheric drama and high hilarity of Lara Glenum meets 'Britney Spears’s SOS. Or a signal to the wolves, the dogs, the moon, anything chrome.' Immersive as a mansion of mirrors, Houcek plays through classic poem-stuff—beauty, memory, romance, and youth—until we arrive at the 'joke-bed' of being, the fun house where language goes on holiday, gets a makeover, and comes home as philosophy."

—Candice Wuehle