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Letters Against the Firmament
Sean Bonney
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Description for Letters Against the Firmament
Paperback. Letters Against the Firmament is a user's report on the end of the world, a treatise against Tory terror, a proposal for a new zodiac, a defence of poetry, a hex against the devourers of planet earth. The Letters are fierce epistolary poems, a vivid account of the sheer panic and brutality of the Austerity years. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Letters Against the Firmament is a user's report on the end of the world, a treatise against Tory terror, a proposal for a new zodiac, a defence of poetry, a hex against the devourers of planet earth. The Letters are fierce epistolary poems, a vivid account of the sheer panic and brutality of the Austerity years. They are apocalyptic screeds of black humour hammered out in an obscure corner of east London, fearful attempts to ward off the attentions of gentrifiers, bailiffs, border agents and racists. In this collection in four parts they are joined by lean versions of already ... Read more
Letters Against the Firmament is a user's report on the end of the world, a treatise against Tory terror, a proposal for a new zodiac, a defence of poetry, a hex against the devourers of planet earth. The Letters are fierce epistolary poems, a vivid account of the sheer panic and brutality of the Austerity years. They are apocalyptic screeds of black humour hammered out in an obscure corner of east London, fearful attempts to ward off the attentions of gentrifiers, bailiffs, border agents and racists. In this collection in four parts they are joined by lean versions of already ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
191g
Number of Pages
143
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910392157
SKU
V9781910392157
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-10
About Sean Bonney
Sean Bonney has performed his work at occupations, on demonstrations, in the back-rooms of pubs, in seminar rooms, on picket lines and at international poetry festivals. His poetry and essays have been translated into several languages.
Reviews for Letters Against the Firmament
'He deserves to be the most popular poet in England.' - Keith Tuma, Professor of English, Miami University; editor, The Anthology of 20th Century British and Irish Poetry (OUP); '[his poems] have an elegant rhythmic flow: this elegance provides a foil for the desperation and violence of the content.' - Poetry Review