Allodynia

Rooted in the indescribability and disembodiment of pain, Nisa Malli'sAllodynialooks outward to space and the future of humankind, as well as inward to the body.

In Pain Log, a suite of body-horror poems, she explores illness as a haunting or possession: "At home, my stitches /undid themselves, fevers pet me //like a dog, my eyes opened /backwards. Sleep ghosted me //more than usual."

InShip's Log,a near-future speculative suite of poems, Malli turns to themes of alienness, artificial intelligence, and the impossibility of translation; danger, intimacy, and war; as well as the worlds we choose to build together.Allodyniais a highly anticipated poetic debut that more than fulfills the promise of its author's bpNichol award winning chapbookRemitting. (From Palimpsest Press)

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Nisa Malli is a researcher and writer from Winnipeg. Her chapbook,Remitting, won the bpNichol Prize and her work has been nominated for a Rhysling Award.Allodyniais her first book.