The Empty Spotlight: On Nicolette Polek’s “Bitter Water Opera”
Dashiel Carrera reviews Nicolette Polek’s “Bitter Water Opera.”
Dashiel Carrera is the author of the novel The Deer (Dalkey Archive Press, 2022). His writing appears or is forthcoming in Los Angeles Review of Books, Lit Hub, FENCE, BOMB, Brooklyn Rail, and other publications. Also a musician, he has released five albums on the label 75orLess Records. He is currently a PhD student in human-computer interaction at the University of Toronto. You can find more of his work at www.dashielcarrera.com.
Dashiel Carrera reviews Nicolette Polek’s “Bitter Water Opera.”
Dashiel Carrera and Jeff Jackson discuss how music has inspired the form and content of their novels.