Strip

Angela Readman has worked as a cleaner, a painter, a copywriter for radio, an editor, and lectured at The University of Northubria. She won the Biscuit poetry competition in 2004, and has been published by Diamond Twig, Iron Press, Biscuit. Her work has had work translated into Finnish by Ek Zuban. She currently lives in Newcastle.

• PoppiesBodil and the PigsLife Of A Porn StarTom and Jerry TransactionClear Blue SkyPostcard from Route 66Dinner With No NameLaundry DayThere Will Be No Time For KissesBlossomPostcard from Hotel CaliforniaTomatoesOne ThingStuff Dad Left BehindCalifornia ParkingRight Before the License Plate GamePage from a Teenage DiaryHead for the HillsThe Free RideBraceBurlesqueStripPostcard to the PhotographerHow a Girl Could Do ThatPostcard to a Future HusbandHow to Make Love Not Like a Porn StarPostcard from a Porn SetWhat the Agent SaidThe Porn Star LettersThe Bettie PagesMomma and the AngelsSweetheartHousewifeIrving KlawCheesecake SnapsCo-habitingDarling Miss FebruaryThe Glass Bottomed BoatHeavy Petting Doris DayThe Bettie PagesSix Things You Can Do With a Skin Mag

[It] must be obvious that I loved this collection of poetry. It is one of the most exciting collections I have read in recent years. Strip goes straight to the core, very little metaphor, just very stark images that explore society and the experience of girls and woman within it. The language and imagery is cutting, beautiful and sad. I felt as though I was breathing with these narrators, experiencing the small detail of their lives.