Andrew McMillan

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• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The debut novel from award-winning poet Andrew McMillan exploring community, masculinity and post-industrialisation in Northern England

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11132
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 132mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 142g
• ISBN-13: 9781838858988
• ISBN-10: 1838858989
• Artikelnr.: 71687725

Autorenporträt

Andrew McMillan was born in Barnsley in 1988. His debut collection of poetry, physical, was 'the sort of once-in-a-generation debut that causes everyone to sit up and take notice' according to Sarah Crown. physical was the only poetry book to ever win the Guardian First Book Award; it was also awarded a Somerset Maugham award, an Eric Gregory Award, the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and in 2019 was voted as one of the Top 25 Poetry Books of the Past 25 Years by the Booksellers Association. His second collection, playtime, won the inaugural Polari Prize. A third collection, pandemonium, was published in 2021 and in 2022 he co-edited the acclaimed anthology 100 Queer Poems, which was shortlisted in the Books are My Bag reader awards. He is professor of contemporary writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. @AMcMillanPoet andrewmcmillanpoet.co.uk

Rezensionen

Tender and true. It explores with brilliance and deep empathy how our lives - and our secrets - are always intertwined with those who went before us DOUGLAS STUART