CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5197
Partner Institution:
Concordia University
Source Collection Label:
Headlight Anthology Collection
Series:
Headlight 24
Sub Series:
Headlight Anthology Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Malaea Ergina in Headlight 24, 2023
Title Source:
Asset
Title Note:
As published in Headlight Anthology.
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
In Copyright Educational Use Permitted (InC-EDU)
Notes:
Copyright by Headlight Anthology and contributor. Online reproduction and archiving allowed. Republications under different publishers must be authorized by the contributor.
CREATORS
Name:
Ergina, Malaea
Role:
"Author",
"Performer"
Notes:
Malaea Ergina is a writer from Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, where she is currently pursuing an MA in Creative Writing at Concordia University.
CONTRIBUTORS
Name:
Elbanhawy, Sherine
Role:
"Publisher",
"Producer"
Notes:
Co-managing editor of Headlight 24.
Name:
Eastwood, Miranda
Role:
"Producer",
"Recordist"
Notes:
Sound editor of Headlight 24.
Name:
Pittella, Carlos A.
Dates:
1983-
Role:
"Publisher",
"Producer"
Notes:
Co-managing editor of Headlight 24.
Name:
Andrews, Olive
Role:
"Publisher",
"Producer"
Notes:
Poetry editor of Headlight 24.
Name:
Affonso, Alexandre
Role:
"Publisher",
"Producer"
Notes:
Nonfiction editor of Headlight 24.
Name:
Ruby, Ariella
Role:
"Publisher",
"Producer"
Notes:
Fiction editor of Headlight 24.
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Recording Type:
Digital
AV Type:
Audio
Playback Mode:
Mono
Sound Quality:
Excellent
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
00:01:11
Size:
0.74 MB
Bitrate:
145-185 kbps
Encoding:
MP3
Content:
This is file 1 of 1 containing an audio-recording of the piece "triptych," by Malaea Ergina, as published in Headlight Anthology, no. 24.
Notes:
MP3 also available at https://headlightanthology.ca/archive/n24/triptych/, accessed on June 15, 2023.
Title:
triptych
Credit:
Malaea Ergina
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Featured:
Yes
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
00:01:11
Size:
19 MB
Bitrate:
1411 kbps
Encoding:
WAV
Content:
This is file 1 of 1 containing an audio-recording of the piece "triptych," by Malaea Ergina, as published in Headlight Anthology, no. 24.
Title:
triptych
Credit:
Malaea Ergina
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
2023-06-02
Type:
Publication Date
Source:
Headlight website
LOCATION
Address:
1455 Boul. de Maisonneuve O., LB 641, Montréal, QC, H3G 1M8
Venue:
Concordia University, Department of English
Latitude:
45.4969331
Longitude:
-73.5783742
Notes:
Headlight Anthology operates out of Concordia’s graduate English Literature & Creative Writing department.
CONTENT
Contents:
triptych
by Malaea Ergina
1.
the hair that grows from the bathroom wall is
wavy and dark, slick with condensation,
unruly, when the body is lost,
the hair is still present, still growing,
still clinging wetly as I brush by it,
uncoiling down the wall,
knotted, grasping, infinitely growing,
infinitely hungry, uncontained
animal longing, uncontained
animal filth.
2.
like leftover crepe paper streamers,
the moth webs trail down from the ceiling
sticky, gray, multiplying,
dust and more dust, shivering,
writhing as the moths burst out—
in the bed, body webbed and sticky
with pain, there’s something else moving too,
a soft and ceaseless motion, the unwilling
movement of life in a dim room filled with
insect castings and unwashed laundry.
3.
the flowers on the shelf are just dead things
that don’t know they’re dead yet meanwhile
the spider plant is dying in the corner
and the things you acquired for nurturing
are brown and dead meanwhile you pull
your body along behind you on a leash
which is sometimes very long and sometimes very
short, your body so close you can feel
its breath on your face, another
thing to feed and water, another unbearable thing.
NOTES
Type:
Cataloguer
Note:
Carlos A. Pittella
RELATED WORKS
Citation:
Ergina, Malaea. triptych. Headlight Anthology, no. 24, 2023, pp. 56–57.