What's That: Instead of Ego II: Acrostic Aftermaths & Other Poems by Gareth Farmer
Broken Sleep Books
Published 30th November 2025.
Gareth Farmer's What's That: Instead of Ego II: Acrostic Aftermaths & Other Poems is an expansive, structurally complex work that blends experimental lyricism with critical self-examination. Anchored by a series of acrostic poems drawing on medical and sociocultural terminology associated with autism, the collection explores neurodivergence, affective labour, and the politics of communication with formal dexterity and linguistic density. Farmer's writing oscillates between philosophical reflection, conceptual poetics, and satirical critique, constructing a textual architecture that is both intellectually rigorous and emotionally charged. The result is a body of work that interrogates the conditions of subjectivity, articulation, and survival in a neurotypical world.
Gareth Farmer's What's That: Instead of Ego II: Acrostic Aftermaths & Other Poems is an expansive, structurally complex work that blends experimental lyricism with critical self-examination. Anchored by a series of acrostic poems drawing on medical and sociocultural terminology associated with autism, the collection explores neurodivergence, affective labour, and the politics of communication with formal dexterity and linguistic density. Farmer's writing oscillates between philosophical reflection, conceptual poetics, and satirical critique, constructing a textual architecture that is both intellectually rigorous and emotionally charged. The result is a body of work that interrogates the conditions of subjectivity, articulation, and survival in a neurotypical world.
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