Sweet Nothings by Waterman, Rory

Sweet Nothings

Sweet Nothings is about absences, how they tempt us, and sometimes what they make us do. An...
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Author: Rory Waterman
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Language: English
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Sweet Nothings by Waterman, Rory

Sweet Nothings

€31,94

Sweet Nothings

€31,94
Author: Rory Waterman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Sweet Nothings is about absences, how they tempt us, and sometimes what they make us do. An absence is a conjuration, not palpably present in longing, imagination, or dream. We are lured on by absences and how they call to us, in Thomas Hardy's memorable phrase. The poems sometimes come in sequences; always they are in dialogue with one another, responding, echoing - within and between the book's two sections. At times, the leitmotifs are apparently personal, exploring divisions and painful losses. But we also encounter the largely invented academic Dr. Bob Pintle, promoted at work since his cameo in Waterman's previous book, an anti-hero of the modern university system. In this book we also find the zero football score, the zero scores in life's more significant conflicts, and an obverse: the desire to settle at nothing, or for nothing less than what life might offer. Sweet Nothings is in fact a book of hopes and passions - quiet and lyrical at times, but also fiercely witty and bold.

Author: Rory Waterman
Publisher: Carcanet Press
Published: 07/30/2020
Pages: 72
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.20w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781784109394

About the Author
Rory Waterman was born in Belfast in 1981, grew up in rural Lincolnshire, and lives in Nottingham, where he is Senior Lecturer in English at Nottingham Trent University. His first collection of poetry, Tonight the Summer's Over, was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Prize. His second, Sarajevo Roses, was shortlisted for the Ledbury Forte Prize for second collections. He is also the editor of W.H. Davies, The True Traveller, and the author of several books on modern poetry.

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