Lagoonscapes

The Venice Journal of Environmental Humanities

The River Next Door

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Abstract

This is a tale of the river Taff, in south Wales, as seen and experienced by an artist and a poet. Through the use of sketchbooks and poetic journals as a form of research in the field, the artist Valerie Coffin Price and poet Philip Gross produced work which lead to the publication A Fold in the River (2015). In this visual essay the artist will shine a light on the collaborative processes of working with a poet, the river and the language of place. The book is therefore not only a collaboration between poet and artist, but between the artist, the poet and the river.


open access | peer reviewed

Presentato: 31 Marzo 2026 | Accettato: 25 Maggio 2026 | Pubblicato 06 Agosto 2026 | Lingua: en

Keywords DrawingRiver TaffLandscapeLiteratureWalkingPoetrySketchbooksWales