Guppy Primer - Softcover

Ruth McIlroy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 191036780X ISBN 13: 9781910367803

Publisher: Smith/Doorstop Books, 2017

Synopsis

This debut by Ruth McIlroy ranges between poems of fierce lyricism, off-kilter observation and deadpan humour. From the sinister comedy of the title poem, Guppy Primer, to the startling strangeness of 'after a dream', and the savage wit of 'I am not honest', these tender, hard and amused poems are an uncompromising celebration of ardency and badly-behaved language.

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About the Author

Ruth McIlroy grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and in Edinburgh, and now lives with her family in Yorkshire where she works as a freelance psychotherapist. She s a Quaker, and loves the idea of her literary forerunners stomping the North of England declaiming the vital necessities of silence and right speech. She does the Endcliffe parkrun most Saturdays and sometimes a 10k. Her poems have appeared in The Rialto, The North, and the Templar Poets Anthology. In 2015 she was highly commended in the East Riding Philip Larkin Poetry Prize, and in 2017 she gained second place in the York Literature Festival Poetry Competition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Smith/Doorstop Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 191036780X
• ISBN 13: 9781910367803
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32