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The Ghost Well Cared-For: Hoa Nguyen’s A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure
What is a divinatory poetics? Can texts be haunted? This week, Toronto-based poet Hoa Nguyen dives into the narratives that prompted and sit within her new book of poetry,
A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure.
Host Lauren Korn chats with Hoa about the aftermath of the Atlanta shootings, the motorcycle troupe Hoa’s mother was a part of in the 1950s and ’60s, the many ways a text can haunt, and more!
Allison Cobb
Today, 40% of plastic goes into packaging, the largest component of plastic waste.
Take a deep breath, drink a glass of water, eat a snack. If you do any of these things, it’s likely that you are also inhaling and ingesting tiny particles of plastic, as much as a credit card’s weight each week. Plastic pollution is everywhere, including in our bodies.
From the moment plastic production took off in the 1950s, manufacturers needed to convince people that they could easily dispose of a product that essentially lasts forever. “The future of plastics is in the trash can!” declared one industry marketer.