![]() ![]() Mathilde wonders why such documentation does not exist or does in scraps (such as Virginia’s Woolf’s friendship with activist Paul Robeson). Really though, Hermia Druitt is a metaphor for quite a few things: first of all attitudes towards black people during that time. ![]() In turn Mathilda uncovers another cult that Hermia was part of called LOTE, sort for Lotus Eaters. Piqued by this Mathilda decides to investigate which leads her to a cult who devote themselves to the (fictional) scholar Garreaux who burn their writings and capture the smoke in vials. While conducting research on them while forced to work to unpaid work in a library archive, she comes across a photo of a black queer (fictional) poet called Hermia Druitt. Mathilda is fascinated with The Bright Youngs Things, a group of socialites who lived flamboyantly and led an exuberant existence. I can say that lote excels in all of these (which I guess reveals my thoughts on the book) This award is for the best book published by a small press but I do notice it’s all the previous winners (and now I’ve read three) also note original content and structure. Earlier this year, Sharon von Reinhold’s Lote won The Republic of Conscious Prize. ![]()
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