Glitches in the FBI - poems by Amaris Feland Ketcham

$15.00

Found poetry sourced from episodes of The X-Files. 50 pages. A New Mexico True Certified product. PLUS - Casa Urraca has 40 of a numbered, limited edition 8.5” x 11” risograph broadside, made by and signed by the author, featuring the poem “Time Loss” - available at no extra charge to those who select it.

Edition:

Found poetry sourced from episodes of The X-Files. 50 pages. A New Mexico True Certified product. PLUS - Casa Urraca has 40 of a numbered, limited edition 8.5” x 11” risograph broadside, made by and signed by the author, featuring the poem “Time Loss” - available at no extra charge to those who select it.

The truth is out there… and it’s in this book. Amaris Feland Ketcham uses the technique of found poetry—limiting her word bank to the transcripts of episodes of The X-Files—to craft entirely new and vivid poetry. Indebted to the show’s writers for using such interesting and precise words, this collection retains a sense of mystery and inquiry, mirroring and adapting big ideas and issues, and a smattering of references and slang that make them read like a kind of 1990s Homeric. Proudly printed on exquisite heavyweight 100# paper and perfect bound in New Mexico.

From the Introduction:

“Rainy nights, with a flashlight cutting through the forest; long shadows down narrow hallways flanked in darkness; improbably, even the basements of the FBI building seemed foggy—these were the scenes that I loved when watching The X-Files aired in the 1990s. I spent many Friday nights immersed in its eerie atmosphere and fantastical stories. It was only recently while re-watching some episodes that I came to appreciate the dialogue, and out of a playful impulse, started to experiment with lines from the script.”

*Please note: Casa Urraca Press and this book are in no way affiliated with The X-Files, 20th Television, or anyone at all, really.*