This documentary poem by Cait O’Kane is modeled after T.S. Eliot’s epic poem The Wasteland. It serves as a textual map of graffiti, narcotics, blight, & gentrification in the “changing neighborhood” of Kensington, Philadelphia. Once a working-class enclave, this section of Philly has been portrayed internationally as the epicenter of the so-called “opioid epidemic” enveloping the U$A. Punctuated by O’Kane’s photography, THE WASTED LAND moves through Kensington’s streets, avenues, & alleys, exploring intersections of capital, dispossession, development, & despair as the true epidemic plaguing its people. $3 US/$8 intl FREE PDF
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