Hello - Couverture souple

Best, Crispin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1913196038 ISBN 13 : 9781913196035

Editeur : Partus Press, 2019

Synopsis

Hello is the debut collection of poems by Crispin Best, whose unmistakable voice may be the closest we have to a contemporary poetic vernacular.

Behind these poems one senses the presence of a real person, someone who feels pain and delight and finds a way to talk about both. The baby chameleon that turns up at the end of Hello could be the book’s totem animal: a creature whose flamboyance is also its camouflage. For, despite their many heart-rending moments, these poems have fun with masks and voices; they are awash with ventriloquised 90s pop-culture and contemporary media tropes that blur the line between candour and karaoke.

Above all, Crispin captures a feeling of awe at the weird miracle of being alive for a bit, however briefly, in a world in which nothing is more or less important than watching Cool Runnings in the bathtub, or stopping to enjoy the colour of your socks – a world in which ‘if a tree falls in the forest / that’s fine.’

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Crispin Best was born in London. He studied English at UEA and completed a masters in Creative Writing at the University of Manchester. His writing has appeared in Dazed & Confused, AQNB, The Quietus, clinic, Pain, and in the Best British Poetry series. He has performed his poetry in New York, Chicago, Berlin, Madrid, Melbourne, Edinburgh, Reykjavík, and at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Crispin's first pamphlet was published by Faber in its New Poets series, and his second, ok, was published by If a Leaf Falls Press. Hello, his debut collection of poetry, was published by Partus in 2019.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Partus Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1913196038
• ISBN 13: 9781913196035
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 97
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