incubation a space for monsters INCUBATION: A SPACE FOR MONSTERS by Bhanu Kapil

incubation a space for monsters INCUBATION: A SPACE FOR MONSTERS by Bhanu Kapil154 x 230mm, 128 pages, Black & white printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2023 Incubation: a space for monsters is a formally innovative, hybrid genre book that incorporates poetry and prose. Set in a shifting narrative environment, where human bodies, characters, and text are neither one thing nor another, this fragmentary diaristic text journeys through the spaces in between. Originally published in America in 2006 by Leon Works, and out of print

154 x 230mm, 128 pages, Black & white printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2023

Incubation: a space for monsters is a formally innovative, hybrid-genre book that incorporates poetry and prose. Set in a shifting narrative environment, where human bodies, characters, and text are neither one thing nor another, this fragmentary-diaristic text journeys through the spaces in-between. Originally published in America in 2006 by Leon Works, and out of print for the last seven years, this is the first time this seminal text has been available in the UK.

Following protagonist Laloo – Cyborg, girl, mother, child, immigrant, settler – on a roadtrip through American landscapes, genre styles, and form, Incubation creates radical space for what is ‘monstrous’. Appropriating iconic American tropes, and the structure of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Incubation explores the challenges faced by immigrants in attaining such notions of freedom in so hostile an environment. In this fragmentary document there is a celebration in the cobbling together of lives; global in scope, with an intimate focus on interior voice, this landmark text evidences the early innovations and talents of this T.S. Eliot prizewinning author.

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