Makeover
Poems
Published on 15. February 2024
Book
Pamphlet
36 pages
978-1-915628-24-4 (ISBN)
Description
Makeover is a book dripping with nostalgia, cigarette ash and sour cream dip. Lit by too-close TV screens and too-bright calorie counters, Bolger's poems explore growing up, differing bodies and societal expectations.
Writing in praise of mums, nans and sisterhood, this is a work bursting with strength, anger, love and, ultimately, hope. In a celebration of girls shaped by swimming baths and Working Men's Clubs, friendship and family, Makeover contends with what we inherit and what we ought to pass on.
Writing in praise of mums, nans and sisterhood, this is a work bursting with strength, anger, love and, ultimately, hope. In a celebration of girls shaped by swimming baths and Working Men's Clubs, friendship and family, Makeover contends with what we inherit and what we ought to pass on.
Reviews / Votes
"Laurie Bolger's writing is a best friend, a memory, a picnic, a hug and a punch. "I want to live without weighing things" is maybe my favourite line of poetry this year, and definitely my new life motto. Stunning." - Hollie McNishMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Winnersh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Saddle-stitched
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
72 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-915628-24-4 (9781915628244)
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Persons
Laurie Bolger is a London based writer and founder of The Creative Writing Breakfast Club. Her debut pamphlet 'Box Rooms' (Burning Eye) has featured at Glastonbury, TATE, RA & Sky Arts.
Laurie's writing has appeared in The Poetry Review, The London Magazine, Magma, Crannog, Stand, & Trinity College Icarus & her poems & short stories have been shortlisted for The Bridport Prize, Live Canon, Winchester & Sylvia Plath Prizes.
In 2023, Laurie's poem 'Parkland Walk' was awarded The Moth Prize, judged by Louise Glueck, and Highly Commended in the Forward Prize for Poetry.
Amy Louise Evans is an illustrator living and working in the West Midlands. Her style is a mix of hand-drawn and digital artwork, with a focus on people, plants, and the occasional cat. She mainly illustrates for publishing.
Laurie's writing has appeared in The Poetry Review, The London Magazine, Magma, Crannog, Stand, & Trinity College Icarus & her poems & short stories have been shortlisted for The Bridport Prize, Live Canon, Winchester & Sylvia Plath Prizes.
In 2023, Laurie's poem 'Parkland Walk' was awarded The Moth Prize, judged by Louise Glueck, and Highly Commended in the Forward Prize for Poetry.
Amy Louise Evans is an illustrator living and working in the West Midlands. Her style is a mix of hand-drawn and digital artwork, with a focus on people, plants, and the occasional cat. She mainly illustrates for publishing.