So Much for Life (Paperback)
Mark Hyatt
ISBN 10: 1643621785 ISBN 13: 9781643621784
Published by Nightboat Books, New York, 2023
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Paperback. A long awaited collection of poems by Mark Hyatt, one of the great lost writers of mid-century British poetry.Scarcely published in his lifetime, Hyatt's work survives thanks to the intervention of poets and friends who saved his manuscripts and kept his poems in circulation. Queer in the decades before Gay Liberation; Romani; incarcerated in prisons and asylums; illiterate into adulthood: it's tempting to read Hyatt according to the familiar script of the doomed poet, resounding with loneliness and isolation. But his poetry-"hot and tender," funny and sad-tells another story: of love, liberatory commitment, and desire. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781643621784
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A long awaited collection of poems by Mark Hyatt, one of the great lost writers of mid-century British poetry.
Scarcely published in his lifetime, Hyatt’s work survives thanks to the intervention of poets and friends who saved his manuscripts and kept his poems in circulation. Queer in the decades before Gay Liberation; Romani; incarcerated in prisons and asylums; illiterate into adulthood: it’s tempting to read Hyatt according to the familiar script of the doomed poet, resounding with loneliness and isolation. But his poetry—“hot and tender,” funny and sad—tells another story: of love, liberatory commitment, and desire.
About the Author:
Mark Hyatt (1940-1972) lived at the center and the fringes of the bohemian underground in 1960s Britain. In the half-century since his death, his work has been known almost exclusively by word-of-mouth. Drawing on a full range of archival sources, So Much For Life is the first comprehensive edition of his poems.
Sam Ladkin is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex.
Luke Roberts is a poet and writer. He works at King’s College London.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: So Much for Life (Paperback)
Publisher: Nightboat Books, New York
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new