CALLEJA, Jen
Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode

As a rule, I always look for green objects in charity and antique shops. It’s a particular kind of green I have in mind, a kind of deep jade, or, if made of glass or plastic, emerald. It’s so I have one particular thing to search for among the junk rather that aimlessly browsing; it’s a microcosm of how I experience the whole world all at once and often need a key to navigate it.

Goblinhood gathers a series of essays and poems that playfully, artfully propound Jen Calleja’s theory of “goblin hood”: a theory that takes in film, literature, art and the author’s own intellectual and physical response to the world.

Published by Rough Trade Books, 2024
Essays