Dog Days

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

These poems act like short, sharp surprises. They can be oblique and then unravel with raw clarity, a strong and emotional openness pervading their deceptively simple structures. Coggin's strange and singular voice is recognisably English and even colloquial, but with a sophistication and love of imagery, even mystery. This is her first collection, and showcases not only her range but her unique relationship with memory, her presence in each poem more breathlike than embodied, and no less substantial for that.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-03-25
Mått:154 x 214 x 4 mm
Vikt:80 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:36
Förlag:Collective Ink
ISBN:9781846945472

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Linda Coggin studied mime in Paris and Czechoslovakia, worked in theatre and was a presenter for Thames television. She writes and performs her poetry. She lives in Wiltshire, UK.

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Linda Coggin's poems are liminal, crossing and recrossing thresholds between real, surreal, and mythic, life and death, the transgressive and the responsible. There is deep humanity in these poems, often allied to the acceptance of sadness and of imperfections - domestic chaos, the facts of dying and ageing. A sharp-eyed and humorous poem about a father's day race ends with unexpected and moving compassion for the unfit stragglers. This collection surprises at every turn, catching the reader rewardingly off guard. (Dr John Freeman, Cardiff University)