‘encounter’ – Cephalopodomania reading by Fiona Glen

An at-home reading of ‘encounter’, the first segment of Cephalopodomania, my Final Major Project on RCA MA Writing. Cephalopodomania is a short fifteen-part book that follows the octopus into far-flung corners of contemporary thought. While many of the octopuses who make up Cephalopodomania are cultural images and fictions, here we begin by meeting a ‘real’ octopus, just as it is: a phenomenal fellow being, looking back at us.