“chimera”: a poem & study (from the poetic memoir autocartographies)

by Eva Alter

Editor’s Note: The following CNF work is is comprised on an excerpt from the hybrid poetic memoir Cartographies (a WiP) by Eva Alter and respective critical essay.

“Chimera” by Eva Alter

“Discursion as Metamorphosis: Notes on Chimera” by Eva Alter

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BIO: Eva Alter is a poet and information professional whose work explores memory and myth through hybrid and procedural forms. Her work is published or forthcoming in Maudlin House, Don't Submit, scaffold literary journal, wildscape. literary journal, and elsewhere. She can be found @eva_alter_poet on Twitter, @eva.alter.poet on Instagram, and @evaalterpoet.bsky.social.