The Perpetual Motion Machine
by Brittany Ackerman /
2018 / English / PDF
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Inspired by a brother’s high school science project, a perpetual motion machine that could save the world, The Perpetual Motion Machine is a memoir in essays that attempts to save a sibling by depicting the visceral pain that accompanies longing for some past impossibility. The collection has been a science project in its study of memory, in the calculation and plotting of the moments that make up a childhood. The preparation has been “in the field” in that it is built upon the gathering of lived experience the evidence is photo albums, family interviews, and anecdotes from friends. The project has been one giant experiment, to see if they can all make it out alive.
