EP4: Outside the Frame
Clare and Yves are joined by international archive addict, academic, and author of the new novel Take Me Apart (2020), Sarah Sligar. How significant is the role of interpretation in an archive, and does a work of fiction allow for a greater exploration of meaning? The group discusses what personality type predisposes one to become an archive addict, going “down the hole,” and assuming the role of detective amongst the documents. Is all archival research, after all, an act of snooping?
Front cover of Sara Sligar’s Take Me Apart.
Sara’s essay on archives:
https://lithub.com/all-of-our-good-and-all-of-our-evil-lies-in-wait-in-the-archives/
Yves Rees, Clare Wright and Sara Sligar recording Archive Fever.
Sara’s website:
https://www.sarasligar.com
Buy Take Me Apart in Australia from here:
https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/take-me-apart
Sara’s UPenn profile:
https://www.english.upenn.edu/people/sara-sligar
Follow Sara on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/saraxsligar