Bøger af Elvis Alves

In this debut poetry collection, Elvis Alves uses bitter melon as a metaphor for life's experiences. He does more than ruminate about the bitterness of life and seeks to locate the truth in the adage "life is what you make of it." He plays with the notion that modes of relating (i.e. to self, God, nature, other human beings) are at the core of what it means to take ownership of life.

Existential angst will remain with us after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. It is part of the human condition. Perhaps the pandemic can help us see the structures in our society that contribute to panic, a phenomenon that is lessened if the structures are destroyed.

Ota Benga was put on display in a cage at the Bronx Zoo in 1906. A question on my mind while creating this chapbook was what cages do we put ourselves in or allow others to put us in? This question was not simply metaphorical for Ota Benga because he was literally put in a cage.

Offers a meditation on the relationship between the life of faith and the affairs of the world - a world that appears more fragmented even with the promise of technology to bridge communities. The poems remind us of our role as agents of change and that, when we take responsibility for this role, we are practicing an effective form of spirituality.