Not an Essay
Published on 10. December 2012
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-1-908058-10-2 (ISBN)
Description
Cavalier, acerbic, droll and disconsolate, NOT AN ESSAY is a self-incrimination, the noise of the intellect giving its mechanics away. The chronicler is contrary, fallible - a body among bodies, a nervous system, an overwrought brain, the awareness of open pores, clothed in subjectively awful trousers.
Reviews / Votes
Heather Phillipson's poems display heroic bafflement - a humour both quirky and robust. - Andrew McCulloch, Times Literary SupplementMore details
Person
Heather Phillipson is an artist and poet. She received an Eric Gregory Award in 2008 and a Faber New Poets award in 2009. As an artist, she exhibits nationally and internationally. Recent venues include the South London Gallery, the ICA, the Whitechapel Gallery, Flat Time House, the Serpentine Gallery, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (Newcastle), Kunsthalle Basel (Switzerland), and g39/Halle 14 (Leipzig). Her pamphlet was published by Faber and Faber in 2009. Her debut, full-length poetry collection, Instant-flex 718 will be published by Bloodaxe in 2013.