Paul Legault
Cinematic Arts (Writing for Screen and Television)
Poem: “Wonderland: A Girl in Three Parts,” 2007

The inspiration for Legault’s entry comes from “A Boat beneath a Sunny Sky,” an acrostic poem that appears at the end of Through the Looking-Glass. As in Carroll’s work, the first letter of every line, reading downward, spells ALICE PLEASANCE LIDDELL. This three-part poem playfully conjures Carroll’s mastery of logic and word-games, as well as some of the queer inhabitants of Wonderland, like the Queen, the Walrus, and the Cheshire Cat. Legault also touches on the differences between the real Alice Liddell and the Alice of Wonderland.