This second collection from one of Britain's most innovative poets is an exploration of identity in the face of loss. At its heart is a series of poems about the desolation of miscarriage. Chrissy Williams' first collection Bear (Bloodaxe) was one of The Telegraph's 50 Best Books of the Year in 2017.
Chrissy Williams' I am the Table takes its cue from an unusual source, Love Island, serving up tasty morsels of found poetry, sound bites snipped from the mouths of Love Island contestants. I am the Table proves not only that everyday language is poetry, but moreover how far beyond the everyday the language of Love Island reaches. What does Chrissy Williams' new pamphlet bring to the table: "I am/ the fucking table /with the fruit on".
Who can explain the mysterious allure of Angela Lansbury? In this Sidekick Books team-up, Chrissy Williams and Howard Hardiman gaze upon (and into) the many facets of Angela and her most famous fictional counterpart, Jessica Fletcher.
Playful and poignant first collection by a young poet already known for several pamphlets: poems of love and death, life, loss and grief in which mortality is confronted by the ephemera of popular culture.
Older women have been deemed useless to society andabandoned on a remote island, where they must fight to the death, whilst makingfriends and dessert. Welcome to GOLDEN RAGE: a not-too distant dystopia whereBATTLE ROYALE meets THE GOLDEN GIRLS. COLLECTS GOLDEN RAGE#1-5 "Battle Royale meets The Golden Girls withdashes of Agatha Christie and Logan's Run. I'm all the wayin!" -- Kelly Sue DeConnick "Golden Rage's not-so-farfetched dystopianisland of castaway old ladies will question your attitude toward the aging womenof this world. A very important subject of self-reflection indeed." -- ElsaCharretier