Ballads of the Alone

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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These five sequences of linguistically-driven word patterns, draw on the visual and written work of named photographers to explore ideas of seeing, language and being. Each line sits on an another line, subtly asserting its right to be there as a thing in itself, yet also asking the reader why these phrases are placed where they are and just how they all link together. The relentless rhythmic noise of these poems-perhaps the equivalent of heavy metal-can detract from this process, whilst the coherence of form only emphasises the differences contained in this disturbing and elliptical work; but those who persevere will find a rewarding and original poetry, full of experiental moments as well as diverse music and perceptive thought. These are ballads for the 21st century: tough, fragmented and unsure of themselves, yet given to insight and swagger.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-09-15
Mått140 x 216 x 5 mm
Vikt123 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor88
FörlagShearsman Books
ISBN9781848613102

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Rupert Loydell was born in London in 1960. He founded Stride magazine in 1982, shortly before starting his degree in creative writing and painting, and just before founding Stride Books (and Stride Cassettes). Between then and spring 2008 he published several hundred titles in Stride's wide-ranging list of poetry, fiction, and critical texts; the magazine continues online. Loydell has also edited numerous books, including How the Net Is Gripped: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry (1992), A Curious Architecture: A Selection of Contemporary Prose Poems (1996), My Kind of Angel: i.m. William Burroughs (1998), and Troubles Swapped for Something Fresh: Manifestos and Unmanifestos. He has also produced several artist's books. In addition to editing Stride, he is currently Senior Lecturer in English with Creative Writing at University College Falmouth, is a widely exhibited painter of small abstract paintings, and a widely anthologised and published poet. Ballads of the Alone is his fifth collection of poems from Shearsman Books.