Ghost Box

Poetry. GHOST BOX is based on the story of Emily. In the fall of 2012, Emily arrived in the parking lot of a vacant big-box store, or "ghost box," near downtown Los Angeles with 45-pound bags of cat food. She converted the otherwise vacant property into an impromptu bird sanctuary, and evaded arrest by the LAPD for months. Emerson Whitney adventures into the weirdness of Emily's story and the strangeness of vacant urban space, writing wildness and ferocity into the strip mall. GHOST BOX is gross and wry, gorgeous and feral, ... Read More

Poetry. GHOST BOX is based on the story of Emily. In the fall of 2012, Emily arrived in the parking lot of a vacant big-box store, or "ghost box," near downtown Los Angeles with 45-pound bags of cat food. She converted the otherwise vacant property into an impromptu bird sanctuary, and evaded arrest by the LAPD for months. Emerson Whitney adventures into the weirdness of Emily's story and the strangeness of vacant urban space, writing wildness and ferocity into the strip mall. GHOST BOX is gross and wry, gorgeous and feral, a hoarse cry from abandoned city space: "we want to be beautiful too." Read Less