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*Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2015*
These poems are hymns to the male body – to friendship and love between men – muscular, sometimes shocking, but always deeply moving. Here we witness an almost religious celebration of flesh: flesh that experiences the fragility of love and loss, desire and its removal. In an exceptional composition of McMillan's worldly rhythms with a tight, Metaphysical music and the speed of Thom Gunn – "your kiss was deep enough to stand in" – the poems in this first collection address what it means to be a man and explore the very idea of masculinity.
This is poetry where every occasion of human connection, from casual encounters to close relationships, becomes retrievable and revealing. Eschewing conventional punctuation, the poet is attentive and alert to the quality of breath, giving the work an exceptional sense of vitality and presence – drawing lines that are skilful, lyrical, and perfectly selected from a world of urban desolation. A stylish stylist and an honest poet, McMillan’s eye and ear are precisely tuned to both the mechanics of the body and the wonders of the heart.
*Winner of the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2015*
*Shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize 2015*
*Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2015*
Pages: 64, Dimensions: 13.3x13.3cm
Manufacturer
- Author
- Andrew McMillan
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Language
- English
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 64
- Publication Date
- 2015
- Dimensions
- -
- ISBN-13
- 9780224102131
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