Autosarcophagy and Other Ailments of the Flesh, by Nicholas Finch

Poetry, prose, chapbook, 40 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

Autosarcophagy, or autocannibalism, is the practice of eating oneself. Autosarcophagy and Other Ailments of Flesh is a collection of prose and poetry in which its speakers and protagonists wrestle with the notion of what one’s own body is. Is the body a prison? Is it a tool? Perhaps a vessel to navigate the world and the people around us? Autosarcophagy is part investigation, part confession.

From prose poems and Shakespearean sonnets to villanelles and vignettes, this hybrid collection is a feast of literary forms both formal and experimental, as the texts wrestle out of the bounds of their own structures mirroring those characters inhabiting these stories who are barely contained within their own bodies.

Nicholas Finch is a writer and educator in Southwest Florida. Most recently, his translations of Josip Pupačić’s poetry appeared in Faultlines. Most importantly, he and his partner have the most incredible 7-year-old son. Finch’s writing and other projects can be found at finchandcrown.substack.com.