Low
Published on 27. May 2021
72 pages
978-1-78037-565-6 (ISBN)
Description
This new collection from one of Britain's most innovative poets is an exploration of identity in the face of loss. At its heart is a series of poems about the desolation of miscarriage. These poems try to understand the many different means we use to come closer to articulating, and avoiding, experience. Drawing on the language of comedy, improvisation, drag and clown, Low interrogates humour's role in enacting the possibility of change. A thought-provoking, irreverent and challenging book, Low exemplifies Chrissy Williams' ability to find 'seriousness in the apparently trivial and ephemeral' (Poetry Review).
Chrissy Williams' first collection Bear (Bloodaxe) was one of The Telegraph's 50 Best Books of the Year in 2017. She has also published several pamphlets, one of which was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award. Low is her second full-length collection).
Chrissy Williams' first collection Bear (Bloodaxe) was one of The Telegraph's 50 Best Books of the Year in 2017. She has also published several pamphlets, one of which was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award. Low is her second full-length collection).
Reviews / Votes
Chrissy Williams is my new favourite poet. -- Luke Kennard There is a profundity and care of phrasing here which is completely persuasive ... [a] sense of wonder and the rare combination of wit and sensitivity that is the hallmark of Williams's style. -- Tim Dooley * The Poetry Review * Chrissy Williams is opening a new space for British experimental poetry ... with its generosity towards the reader via a light touch and warm experimentalism. -- Marcus Slease * Shearsman *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Tarset
United Kingdom
File size
0,27 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78037-565-6 (9781780375656)
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Person
Chrissy Williams is a poet, editor and tutor living in London. Her father is English, her mother is Italian, and she was raised in Devon. She has published six pamphlets: Flying into the Bear (HappenStance Press, 2013) was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Awards, and Epigraphs (if p then q, 2014) was featured on Radio 3's The Verb. Her poems and critical writing have appeared in various magazines, including The Poetry Review and Poetry London. She edited an anthology called Over the Line: An Introduction to Poetry Comics (Sidekick Books, 2015) and runs regular poetry comics workshops. She is Director of the annual Free Verse: Poetry Book Fair and currently works as a comics editor. Her first book-length collection, Bear, was published by Bloodaxe in 2017. Her second book-length collection Low is due from Bloodaxe in 2021.
Content
11 on lipsyncing || for || your || life
I
14 ! katya !
15 the / perfect / woman
16 Bobbie Gentry, Shangri-Las, Sonic Youth
19 Tangled
20 poem = sorry
21 Beating Face
22 Signing Off
II
24 Joke
25 Invisible Days
26 Voyage to the Copier Room
27 The Average Woman
28 Lamb
29 Making Kim-Joy's Recipe for Multicoloured Shortbread Buttons
30 Aphra the Destroyer
III
32 LIEBE
IV
44 O Goat Moon
V
48 LA Story
49 Improv
50 Magic Kingdom
51 Improv
52 Moon Illusion
53 Improv
54 At Griffith Observatory
56 Improv
57 Sunset and La Brea
58 Improv
59 Yellow Reflection
60 Improv
VI
62 Dimpsy
63 Holdfasts
64 Introduction to Charts
71 Stingray Gambit
I
14 ! katya !
15 the / perfect / woman
16 Bobbie Gentry, Shangri-Las, Sonic Youth
19 Tangled
20 poem = sorry
21 Beating Face
22 Signing Off
II
24 Joke
25 Invisible Days
26 Voyage to the Copier Room
27 The Average Woman
28 Lamb
29 Making Kim-Joy's Recipe for Multicoloured Shortbread Buttons
30 Aphra the Destroyer
III
32 LIEBE
IV
44 O Goat Moon
V
48 LA Story
49 Improv
50 Magic Kingdom
51 Improv
52 Moon Illusion
53 Improv
54 At Griffith Observatory
56 Improv
57 Sunset and La Brea
58 Improv
59 Yellow Reflection
60 Improv
VI
62 Dimpsy
63 Holdfasts
64 Introduction to Charts
71 Stingray Gambit
