Myrtle (The Emma Press Pamphlets) (The Emma Press Poetry Pamphlets) - Softcover

Ruth Wiggins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 191013905X ISBN 13: 9781910139059

Publisher: Emma Press, 2014

Synopsis

In her heady, debut pamphlet Myrtle, Ruth Wiggins celebrates the primal forces of nature and the human heart. Interweaving the ancient with the modern world, she explores fertility and death, in poems that are imbued with a subtle eroticism. There is a serious playfulness at work here too: a carnival stallholder battles with a spider, and a bored vegetarian contemplates life as a fox, while lovers fear death and separation as the gods look on in amusement. This free-wheeling and assured collection is full of dry humour and wisdom, and is by turns poignant, dark and full of zest.

About this title

About the Author

Ruth Wiggins lives in East London. Her work has appeared in UK magazines and anthologies, and has been commended in recent competitions. A book of her images of women dressed as super heroes Wonder Women of America was published in 2008.

Edition details

• Publisher: Emma Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 191013905X
• ISBN 13: 9781910139059
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Emma Wright
• Number of pages: 36