Well Done, You Didn't Die - Couverture souple

Wallis, Max

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1913917894 ISBN 13 : 9781913917890

Editeur : Verve Poetry Press, 2025

Synopsis

In Well Done, You Didn’t Die, Max Wallis returns with a searingly intimate and formally inventive pamphlet that refuses erasure. From the aftermath of breakdown to the first electric flickers of healing, these poems map the brutal, brilliant terrain of survival; mental illness, addiction, queerness, love, sex, shame, and the fragile dignity of staying when staying is a whole new thing entirely.

Wallis writes with wit, lyric fire, and radical candour. Whether speaking from the aftermath of the hospital bed or a hookup, future conversations with lovers-to-be, or the slow relentless work of sobriety, he never flinches. The voice is fierce and unguarded—at turns devastating, defiant, tender, and laugh-out-loud funny. A poem might stammer like a belt buckle or stream out in prose, incantation, or techno-prayer. Whatever the form, the message is unmistakable: “Well done, you didn’t die.”

Here is a poet documenting not only what nearly broke him, but how he rebuilt from ruin, choosing life, again and again. From “Cage” to “Prayer for Glitch”, “I Am 1 Year, 2 Months, 2 Days Sober” to “Instructions for What Happens Next”, this collection is both elegy and anthem. It is a document of return: to the body, to breath, to poetry.

“Survival is more than endurance. It is a quiet declaration: I live, I live.”

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Max Wallis is a poet and artist based in Lancashire. His first book Modern Love was nominated for the Polari Prize, and he has been described as a "poetry wunderkind" by Curious Arts Festival. Widely published in both poetry journals and magazines, Wallis's main motive is to get poetry into places it's not normally seen.

In 2017, he had poetry published by Vogue, did a talk at the Royal Opera House about heartbreak, collaborated with Topman twice, producing specially curated art pieces and poetry for their shows, and turned the underground at Regent's Park gay with poetry.

In 2024 he left his life in London after a mental health crisis, returning home to his family. Diagnosed with complex-PTSD and adult ADHD he also returned to his first love: poetry.​​

In 2025 he launched The Aftershock Review.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verve Poetry Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1913917894
• ISBN 13: 9781913917890
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible