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Total pages original book: 80
Includes a PDF summary of 7 pages
Duration of the summary (audio): 5M3S (1.4 MB)
Description or summary of the audiobook: There is a thread of vulnerability in this collection that eschews sentimentality in favour of the surreal; that looks with honesty at connection and disconnection, at gender roles and humanity. The poet creates visceral worlds in flux, deploying an innovative voice, skilfully weaving sound patterns and rhythm to pressurise language. There is a serious playfulness at work here and extraordinary images and outcomes that by turn surprise, delight or shock the reader as we are taken to unexpected places.Deploying the full range of poetic effects, a spine of vibrant, striking prose poems run through this distinctive collection. These tightly worked, expressive pieces not only bind the collection, but add to its range and impact with vivid narrative moments that keep the reader questioning and attentive, so that we share the poet’s sentiment: ‘I wish I could stop and stare but that takes something like courage.’
Other categories, genre or collection: Poetry By Individual Poets