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Published by Valley Press, United Kingdom, Driffield, 2018
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Form is a beautifully produced, fiercely ambitious debut pamphlet from a completely new voice in British poetry. These fourteen poems document the emergence of a keen literary mind; unafraid to switch between piercing social commentary (often in the form of extended natural metaphors), tende…r reports on inter-family interactions (as in opening poem 'Explaining to Joshua Why Snowmen Have to Melt'), and what can best be described as sheer revelry in the joy of language.'Golden'Hole of gold, apart from timeheld open by exotic matter.No matter that the patterof tiny feetclosed the circle.Love you, Au,I do.Eternally old hardened hoop.A cheer, a whoop then given back.Refuge in a toolbox.Visits copper cousinsin a dirty, dusty corner.Strange coldy coldness;since furnace forged, soon forgotten.Buried beneath an apple tree,plumps the second season's fruit.Superhero shiny ting!In summer sunlight,swells the bosom of reflected pride.Blinded worms within.Goaded by fashioninto empty reluctance,and limping on forever,to melt beforea million birthday candles. Carl Potter was born in Beverley, East Yorkshire, in 1984, and remained there until starting a degree in English and Creative Writing at Leeds Trinity University College. He has had a variety of jobs, including landscape gardener and chef, but has always written poetry and fiction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Through pregnancy, birth and early childhood, Rachel Bowers poetry takes us on an unsentimental journey from womb to world. Along the way, she explores the largely unmapped territories of loss, bewilderment, shame, transformation and betrayal, and reclaims the intimate histories, mythologies… and wisdom our bodies share.This thought-provoking collection takes a frank, unflinching look at the joys and challenges of modern parenting, moving seamlessly between the mysterious, almost magical stages that make us what we are people who create people. A short collection of poems about pregnancy, birth and early childhood. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Bleak but wonderful . familiar, and of course funny. Alan BennettDark, funny and twisted, but surprisingly tender. A.L. KennedyCouples is a blackly comic sequence of poems that explore the nature of co-dependency of two people who want to be together, but at the same time cannot help but pus…h each other away. The layout of the book is itself a commentary on the phenomenon the poems are placed in their own couples, pairs that face each other across the page. Sometimes they exchange a glance, sometimes they stand side-by-side, staring out into the abyss; only when the book is closed, and they are in darkness, do they truly come together. Originally published on Valentines Day 2013, the seven-year itch has brought Michael Stewart back to his old flame for a new edition in 2020; reworking the original poems, and adding a dozen more. The result is an unnervingly perceptive volume, to be shared with your other half at your own risk you may never look at a couple, or each other, the same way again. A blackly comic sequence of poems that explore the nature of co-dependency; an anti-valentine. New expanded edition. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Layers is the debut novel from Stephen Reynolds, exploring how our identity is shaped by our relationships. The anonymous protagonist recounts his life story, showing us how the people he has loved his parents, sister, grandfather, best friend, and partner have all helped to form who he…is. He is a different version of himself with each loved one, versions which combine to make up a whole person. However, as the book goes on and the protagonist starts to lose grip of people around him, he begins to wonder who he really is without them. Are the various versions of himself lost with those who knew them, or can he remain whole in spite of their loss? Struggling with overwhelming grief and its consequential identity crisis, he teeters on the edge of fading away completely. Can he find a way to pull those lost pieces of himself back together, or is he forever lost to the void?Stephen started writing The Layers after losing someone close to him and considering whether a version of himself had also been lost. I think The Layers is important because it sets out to de-normalise loss, he says. Well all experience grief and death in our lifetimes. The Layers shouts about that. It seeks to confront it but offers no suggestion of peace through doing so. But the novel isnt all doom and gloom. It highlights the joy and beauty of our most important relationships, and the imprints they leave behind even after they are gone. It is a life-affirming look at how we are reborn through our losses to truly appreciate the connections we have had and those which remain. It is a love story dedicated to all of our quirks, our eccentricities, our nuances, our layers. A story of love, life, loss and identity. A life viewed through the relationships that matter most. A family with a bond so strong that they thought it could never be broken. Until it was. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A young couple wonder whether family life would be easier if they were cuttlefish. A father and daughter communicate through moths. A child embraces the power she has over creatures smaller than herself. A town finds itself at the mercy of a polar bear.In her debut pamphlet, Charlotte Eichle…r explores human relationships through our ambivalent interactions with the natural world. Navigating many literal and metaphorical islands along the way, her poems form an archipelago of ideas, taking us on an unforgettable journey from the Hebrides to the Norse heavens."Charlotte Eichler grabs the twisting, female narrative and confidently fits colours and stories into new bodies. These poems are almost anthropomorphic half girl, half beast and I'm excited to follow whatever she writes next." Jen Campbell"Their Lunar Language infolds named and imaginary, near and far-flung places. It assembles a disquieting array of feminine characters, later bringing in masculine figures of tenderness and fragility. This creates a powerful authorial perspective, not mistakable for any other voice. Brides and cuttlefish, wayward or broken forms of love, woodlands transposable with human manufacture: this is modern pastoral, not nostalgic, and well beyond the ordinary domestic lyric." Vahni Capildeo In her debut pamphlet, Charlotte Eichler explores human relationships through our ambivalent interactions with the natural world. Navigating many literal and metaphorical islands along the way, her poems form an archipelago of ideas, taking us on an unforgettable journey from the Hebrides to the Norse heavens. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Bird, beast or man, we each have the same element at our core: bones. While our forms may change, the bones always remain and in this thrilling debut, the poet celebrates their beauty and structure though folk tales, philosophy, day dreams and night terrors. Aided by a host of characters inc…luding a girl who fell in love with a mountain, a woman who can only ever look at you sideways, and a man made of bees, Caroline Hardaker creates a dozen unforgettable worlds entirely her own. A dark, folkloric debut pamphlet of poetry, introducing a fresh voice from the North East. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Spring 1916: Ludwig Wittgenstein is on his way to the Eastern Front. Wittgensteins Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the terse, gnomic masterpiece of modern philosophy, is also a war poem. At the outbreak of the First World War this strange, intense, immensely wealthy young man volunteered as…a private soldier in an Austro-Hungarian regiment, serving in some of the most brutal battles of the conflict, and carrying notes for the Tractatus in his backpack. Wherever We Are When We Come to the End digs into the form and the language of the Tractatus, following Wittgenstein through the war and his own conflicts with words and silence, violence and grief, time and eternity. The result is a highly original formal experiment and a poetic fantasia on logic, love and war. A poetic experiment, digging into the form and language of the Tractatus, following Wittgenstein through war and his own conflicts with language and silence, violence and grief, time and eternity. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Its nature poetry, so its pretty, and its ugly.Its us at our messiest, our most incongruous.Running around. Running away.Learning that there is nowhere to run to.In this meditation on flora, fauna, fire and failing relationships, birds flee, trees hide, gargoyles weep, Arcadia grows ever mor…e distant, and we humans that we are see fit to plant marigolds and dig up dandelions. Cook chickens and swoon over kingfishers. Protect the game birds then shoot them for sport. Build walls, fell trees, and squeeze the sublime out of mountains. Partition the planet into that which we might control, and that which we might idealise, gaze at. Regard the world, regard each other, through the lenses our parents gave us, seldom stopping to simply let things be.But hope springs eternal; and we still have time. Just. Its nature poetry, so its pretty, and its ugly.Its us at our messiest, our most incongruous.Running around. Running away.Learning that there is nowhere to run to. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This is a book for people who like to gorge on language; a meal too big for people who hate to throw away their food. It is about lifes extremes those times when you do things to excess, and those when you avoid doing anything at all. Sometimes political, sometimes sexual and always hungry,…this visceral, arresting debut pamphlet marks the arrival of an unforgettable new 'mouth' in UK poetry. Debut poetry collection Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Front Lines is a new anthology of short stories on the theme of 'anti-conventionalism, anti-society, and young people's anger at the world that has been left by the generations before us.' Its six contributors are all under 25, the young people living on the front lines of Austerity Britain.… The selected stories are uncompromising and gripping, offering a fascinating insight into the minds of our creative, socially-engaged young people. They include tales of lost society and global warfare, as well as the moral instability and unscaleable summits that today's young people must face.Dan Formby was born in Southport in 1990, and is studying English & Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Felice Howden graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2009, and now works in central London. James Mcloughlin was born in Merseyside in 1990, and is currently studying at Leeds Trinity University College. His first collection of poetry, Encore, was published by Valley Press in May 2011. Nathan Ouriach was born in Northampton. He has written for the magazines Shortlist and GQ, and lives in Herne Bay, Kent. David Whelan lives in London, and currently blogs about literature, film and TV for the Huffington Post. His journalism has appeared in the Guardian, the Times, the Independent and the Sunday Times. Ryan Whittaker is currently completing a degree in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Matthew Hedley Stoppard's poetry has been compared to both Edward and Dylan Thomas, along with Simon Armitage and Paul Farley. A Family Behind Glass is set in a zone not unlike Farley's Edgelands, sharply defining elements of both the urban and the pastoral.The collection acts like a scrapbo…ok of a 90s childhood: the rusting swing-sets, the Ladybird waistcoats. Stoppard's attention then shifts to the here and now, and the realities of life as a father "a double helix / that twists in both our blood" presenting them, like the family behind glass, almost within touching distance."He weaves the everyday into wonderfully unravelling works of art."James NashMatthew Hedley Stoppard was born in Derbyshire in 1985. Widely published in magazines and anthologies, a recording of his poetry, Insect Eucharist and Other Poems, was released on vinyl in 2012. He now works as a journalist, and lives in Leeds. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Hardwick's world closely resembles our own until we look close and see a retired Elvis gardening in suburbia, Charlie Chaplin weaving between the stalled cars on the M25, and dragons' grandchildren whispering under the bed.It's a world where the ghosts of Bacchantes stir the sleep of cats, a… mysterious woman struggles with her umbrella on every street corner, and flowers fall unexpectedly from a clear sky. Above all, it is a world of illumination, in which satori of sorts may be glimpsed in the most unlikely of places as you move almost imperceptibly across divides you didn't notice, all the while watched over by the kaleidoscope eyes of The Ringmaster's Apprentice. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A Poetry Book Society Recommended TranslationMy Little Brother is a sequence of ten poems by Christel Wiinblad, which work both as a loving portrait and celebration of her younger sibling, and an unflinching, direct account of his battle with schizophrenia. The book's scope allows the author… to recount and consider the events leading up to her brother's suicide attempt, from his birth and childhood up to the text message which gives the book its distinctive subtitle: "Im hidden away near the college . I dont know if Im dead and already in heaven, but Im at least in green." Never sensationalising this event, or her experience of it, this is a beautiful, brutal and valuable document, both of a single life and the wider human condition. Autobiographical poetry in translation from Danish, exploring the author's brother's attempted suicide. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Sparks is the third collection of passionate, poignant poetry from much-loved Hull-based author Norah Hanson. The fiery wit and hard-won wisdom that characterised her previous collections are here, intact, with a new level of clarity and purpose adding weight to the words - without losing th…e warmth, wonder, and laugh-out-loud observational skills that have won Norah readers across the world. Now six-times a great-grandmother, the poet's life experience shines through each page. There are no riddles or literary exercises here; Norah's refreshingly (and deceptively) direct language seems to rise from the earth itself. Third collection of unique, thought-provoking poetry by much-loved writer Norah Hanson Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A Sixty-Watt Las Vegas is the first full-length poetry collection from Mike Di Placido. The title, and much of the collection, is an affectionate dig at the expense of his home-town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire.As well as observations on the town and its culture, past and present, the c…ollection features cameos from various literary figures of note (Dickens faces up to Pizza Hut, TS Eliot shows up at a coffee bar), and gentle, affecting observations on life as a poet and a new uncle."An outstanding first collection."Peter Sansom"I can't remember when I enjoyed a book of poems so much possibly [Ted Hughes's] Season Songs."Keith Sagar on Theatre of DreamsMike Di Placido lives in Seamer, near Scarborough. An ex-professional footballer and England Youth International, Mike played across the globe, from York City to Australia and New Zealand, before turning to the literary life. His debut poetry pamphlet, Theatre of Dreams, was published by Smith/Doorstop in 2009, taking its title from his magical trial with Manchester United in the early 1970s. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In David OHanlons first full-length collection, precise, piercing language illuminates tales from actual, mythical and personal history making all three seem immediate, contemporary and universal. Readers will hear how four unacquainted deaf men published near-identical essays deconstructing… the assumed importance of sound, find new ways of reading the stories of Orpheus, Sisypus, Tantalus et al., and learn of a young mans twelve-year struggle to paint an authentic picture of the sky. In David O'Hanlon's first full-length collection, precise, piercing language illuminates tales from actual, mythical and personal history - making all three seem immediate, contemporary and universal. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. One of Hulls most important modern-day poets, Norah Hanson has been delighting readers for decades with her honest, entertaining and inventive writing. Whether reflecting on the past, through derelict landmarks and absent friends, confronting present-day domestic dilemmas with wit and good-h…umour, or looking to the future through the eyes (and extraordinary energies) of her grandchildren, Love Letters & Children's Drawings is poetry at its very best insightful, compelling, and essential. Norah Hanson has been delighting readers for decades with her honest, entertaining and inventive writing; whether reflecting on the past, through derelict landmarks and absent friends, confronting present-day 'domestic dilemmas' with wit and good-humour, or looking to the future through the eyes of her grandchildren. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Whole Island explores the poet's relationship with the Isle of Man, in poems about family and folklore, history and politics, nature and wildlife. The island is navigated as a body, the body as an island.Readers may learn things about the Isle of Man, but Maddrell more frequently uses hi…s cherished Isle as an allegory for the nature of his own queerness, and the queerness of nature and environmental threat. Liberally scattered with Manx Gaelic and dialect, The Whole Island is unapologetically Manx but welcomes its readers with open arms into its complex, conflicted world. The Whole Island explores Maddrell's relationship with the Isle of Man in poems about family and folklore, history and politics, nature and wildlife. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What happens when poetry and philosophy converge? Over coffee at Leeds Opposite Cafe, award-winning poet Helen Mort and Professor of Philosophical Aesthetics Aaron Meskin set out to explore that very question.Their caffeine-fuelled discussions morphed into the intriguing concept behind this…book: a cross-disciplinary creative dialogue in which the poet lets her imagination loose on philosophical texts and the authors of the papers respond.Like all the best coffee shop conversations, the results take unexpected turns through the art of tattooing, graffiti, Belle & Sebastian, food, rock climbing and whether theres such a thing as bad art. So pull up a chair, and join Helen, Aaron and ten of the worlds leading philosophers of art for coffee, poetry and everything in between.A fascinating series of exchanges that delight and inspire in equal measure, and will be of interest to anyone looking for ways to engage with the world afresh. Marion Thain, Professor of Literature and Culture at Kings College London What happens when poetry and philosophy try to connect? 'Opposite' is a collaboration between award-winning poet Helen Mort and Professor of Philosophical Aesthetics Aaron Meskin. In this innovative collection, Helen responds imaginatively to ideas drawn from philosophical texts, then the authors of those papers respond to her poems. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Quick is the first collection of poems by Peter Spafford; a professional writer for more than twenty years, appearing in print here for the first time.By day, Spafford writes scripts for theatre, radio, musical theatre and opera. His poems are, out of necessity, creatures of the night; all t…he pieces in this collection dodged the searchlights and crept under the wire in the last five years.They are drawn from family relationships, friendships, a love of language and from the varied settings of his work: in prisons, schools, museums, hospitals and on the streets. Most of them have a story at their heart; stories which can now be told. First collection by the poet Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In his third volume of sonnets, James Nash examines urban and seaside environments in a Yorkshire he has known through fifty years living in the North. His sonnets soar over the land from Leeds, a predominantly Victorian city, to the Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, walking and cycling… into the natural world with a pen and paper never far from his hand.James openly shows his debts to the great poets and writers of previous generations, from Winifred Holtby to Philip Larkin, from Matthew Arnold to Dylan Thomas and with this sparkling new collection, lays a fresh claim to be named among them. To borrow some of his own words, James' gift is to be a "clear microscope" for our times, finding hope in the many "miracles of detail" that pass through his unwavering gaze; into verses that glow with warmth, insight and poignancy. He thinks his old English master would be quite proud. Third volume of warm, wise sonnets from the popular poet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Carole Bromleys fourth collection brings together poems about York and Yorkshire, the loss of friends and loved ones, travel, literature, art, and her own recent experience of brain surgery.Startling, witty, and with an eye for detail as sharp as a falcon's claws, this new publication by a p…oet who 'never forgets her reader' is set to delight, entertain and provoke all who climb its towers and pace its halls. "A new collection from Carole Bromley! Oh yes! We know its going to be good; we know that we can trust this poet who never seems to forget her reader, or to remember to entertain. A collection of cool-eyed, warm-hearted poems, with a glorious confidence of proper nouns; Aertex shirts, twin-tubs, a framed photograph of Rhyl, a Santa Claus custard jug, Frosted Strawberry Squares. Here is a collection with its knickers off and on; and yet beautiful, sensitive, intelligent work, and I am in awe of her killer lines in and out of each poem." Deborah Alma "I love to read Carole Bromleys poems, for the clarity of the people and the places she shows us; for the observant comedy, the principled feminism and the doughty class politics; for the clean, spare language; for the wisdom; and for the way she coils these things together and makes them take flight. This late collection, with its meditations on family, illness and mourning, is an unsparing but magnificent achievement." Kate Clanchy Carole Bromleys fourth collection brings together poems about York and Yorkshire, as well as poems about the loss of friends and loved ones and her own recent experience of brain surgery. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Guangqin is a lonely girl, ignored by her ageing father and older half-siblings as she entertains herself in the dilapidated courtyard of her once-illustrious, storied family home in 1950s Beijing. The highlight of her year is a summer visit to the remote village home of her mothers childhoo…d friend, where she enjoys balmy days and sleepless nights in the company of a yellow dog and a boy named Sunny.In her autobiographical novel, Ye Guangqin creates a poignant vista of chirping weasels, rural feasts and crumbling shrines as she invites readers to join her on a journey of discovery to the Sun Palace. In her autobiographical novel, Ye Guangqin creates a poignant vista of chirping weasels, rural feasts and crumbling shrines as she invites readers to join her on a journey of discovery. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Shenanigans is the highly anticipated second collection by award winning poet Patrick Lodge.From the Irish sionnachuighim, meaning I play the fox, shenanigans can be found throughout this cleverly crafted collection in wry remark and delicate wordplay, in the interweaving of distinct landsca…pes andvoices.At once familiar and strange, Lodges poems are rich in detail and narrative astute observations that transport the reader to a whole new world with each turn of the page. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Mr Jolly is the first collection of short stories by Michael Stewart, and contains some of the award-winning novelists most extraordinary writing to date. Each tale offers a unique, utterly compelling insight into the human condition, framed by a mind-bendingly original concept that no other… writer working today could or indeed would have concocted. Readers will meet a conformity-obsessed league of bald men, breaking into homes for an extended debate about the nature of freedom; discuss the nomenclature of the marshmallow with a man whose single goal in life is to witness them accidentally skewered on stiletto heels; and meet God, in perhaps the most frustrating (yet believable) depiction of the divine being in modern literature.Last phone calls, alien abductions, murders and more are grounded in stories of struggling parents, baffled lovers and lost children (some of who may live permanently onthe number 606 bus). However long you live, and however much you read, youll never come across another book quite like this. 'Mr Jolly' is the first collection of short stories by Michael Stewart, and contains some of the award-winning novelist's most extraordinary writing to date. Each tale offers a unique, utterly compelling insight into the human condition, framed by a mind-bendingly original concept that no other writer working today could have concocted. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. All Over the Place: A Life is the autobiography of Ron Southerton a life both ordinary and remarkable. Ron joined the army in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, and served in Tripoli, Libya and Aden. Leaving the army as a Major, he became editor of an academic journal, before b…eing head-hunted by a Swedish company responsible for industrial gas turbines, which eventually led him to a spell in Baghdad, Iraq. Ron then returned to the UK, finding success as a freelance translator in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.Ron's story is a mixture of laughter and sorrow, quiet days and more adventurous moments including the day he confronted Robert Maxwell in his Oxford office for overdue translation fees, the day he rode on the footplate of the Mallard at 99mph from Doncaster to King's Cross, and the day he found himself on the east side of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War.Ron Southerton is a retired Chartered Engineer, living in Scarborough. His recent translations include works by the Swedish humorist Albert Engstroem. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Gifts the Mole Gave Me is an unearthing of life, a rediscovery of self after loss, and a search for the pleasurable, velvet touch of the moles dark journey. It is a hymn to the wild places; to the sea, the sky and the mind, in which anxieties and griefs flit and hover.The poems explore cycle…s of repetition, renewed attempts, vicious and virtuous circles again and again, over and over, round and round. Things are tidal; the pull of the moon in your blood, the annual mark of a lost childs birthday, the cyclical nature of a madness worn around the neck like a locket.Mapping the veins and pathways of the body as surely as it does the dry stone walls and rural boundaries of the exterior, this is an accomplished and compelling collection which confirms its authors place at the heart of UK poetry. New collection from the popular Northern poet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Many lives and ideas shape us and our environment. Some forge hope, some threaten our very being, some point to redemption for those who come after. In a love that might sustain us, they can be a manifested present; in their passing, a living prompt to be better.Such embodiments haunt this p…oetry collection where ghosts of lives that reflect the white light of the world rest alongside ghosts of other relationships. These hauntings can inspire us to progress or alert us to the dangers of statecraft the ravages of war, displacement and exile.The Hauntings is a passionate response to love and its absence, to a sense of community and place from the Pennines and beyond, and of home, wherever that might be. The Hauntings is a passionate response to love and its absence, to a sense of community and place from the Pennines and beyond, and of home, wherever that might be. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Recovery Songs is a cycle of narrative poems that focuses on the fall and rise of the human condition. These are stories of love, abandonment, abuse, addiction, loss, and by the end, a redemption earned. Unflinching and funny at times, this collection takes its reader through a life lived in… the margins, and asks: how do we recover when everything appears lost? Poems about life, death and addiction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
