In this hybrid chapbook, Emma McVeigh examines the purchase of Alaska, often referred to as Seward’s Folly, indigenous Alaskan language, and settler colonialism of the Pacific Northwest through a series of multiple poetic forms and photos. As is often typical of hybrid work, the book raises, but does not answer important questions, including McVeigh’s own family history in Alaska and her own residence in Seattle. Both playful and reflective, historical and personal, Folly offers a valuable examination of American expansionism.
