Amanda Earl : The Vocabulary of Utopia, an excerpt from Welcome to Upper Zygonia

 

 

 

 

 

EUCRHONIA

DYSTOPIA

HYPERUTOPIA

 

 

 

The vocabulary is taken from the Cambridge Companion to Utopian Literature, Edited by Gregory Claeys, Royal Holloway, University of London, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

 

 

 

 

Amanda Earl (she/her) is an Ottawa-based polyamorous pansexual feminist who writes, makes visual poetry, edits and publishes others. She’s managing editor of Bywords.ca, fallen angel of AngelHousePress, and the editor of Judith: Women Making Visual Poetry (Timglaset Editions, 2021). Her books are Kiki (Chaudiere Books, 2014, now with Invisible Publishing), Coming Together Presents Amanda Earl (Coming Together, 2014) and A World of Yes (DevilHouse, 2015). Earl’s most recent chapbook is Matthew (Knife Fork Book, 2021). She’s grateful to the City of Ottawa for funding received in 2021 for Welcome to Upper Zyognia. WUTZ is a work-in-progress that investigates utopias in the form of an imaginary world. The Vocabulary of Upper Zygonia contains poems from the w-i-p. More info is available at AmandaEarl.com or connect on Twitter @KikiFolle.