Zzoo - Paperback

by Made (Author), Jade Wallace (Author), Mark Laliberte (Author)

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At a time when binaristic and hierarchical relations are being readily interrogated, MADE -- a unity of two voices fused into a single, poetic third -- takes up a critique of the human-animal divide in their full-length debut, ZZOO. From the depths of the oceans to the outer reaches of the sky, a menagerie of species trade off time in the limelight, none of them solely occupying the central space on the global stage. MADE's collaborative practice foregrounds interdependence, outward focus, shared spaces and non-hierarchical thinking, all of which emerge allegorically in interzonal poems that are as richly realized as they are formally eclectic. This wild-blooded collection turns conventional exhibitionism on its head, treating humans and animals as equal subjects of art, science and selfhood. ZZOO is a bestiary for the modern world.

Author Biography

MADE (est. 2018) is a collaborative writing entity. It is the name given to the joint authorship of Mark Laliberte and Jade Wallace -- artists whose active solo practices, while differing radically, serve to complement one another. MADE's writing has appeared in numerous journals and chapbooks, and they have delivered workshops on collaborative writing at several festivals, including VerseFest Ottawa. With the support of the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts, they completed their debut full-length collection, ZZOO (Palimpsest Press, 2025), their follow-up, Alphabeticals, and are currently working on three new, creatively divergent manuscripts: Detourism, Twin Visible and Waste Not the Marrow.