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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary poetry that probes identity, language, and the intersections of human and animal experience. Fans of imaginative, edgy, and tender verse, as well as those who appreciate poetic explorations of social class and the body, will find Feral particularly engaging.
Second collection by highly praised London poet. Poems on animal versus human, wilderness and civilisation. Her debut Pure Hustle was published by Bloodaxe in 2011. Feral is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
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These poems are luminous despatches from the charged, porous boundary between animal and human. They pull apart and remake definitions and categorisations of wildness and civilisation, training their focus on the language we use to describe youth, social class, and the body.
From iron horses to grizzly bears, from deep-water fish to scanderoons, Feral roams the limits of power, language, and love. Cinematic, playful, edgy, tender, startlingly imaginative and strange, Feral's voices carve out a space in the borderlands.
Kate Potts' Whichever Music was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice in 2008 and shortlisted for a Michael Marks Award. Her first book-length collection, Pure Hustle, was published by Bloodaxe in 2011. Feral is her second collection and is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
Intricate, vital-tender, dazzling work - Potts' poetry sings even as it bares its teeth. - Eley Williams on Feral
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Praised for its technical assurance and emotional depth, Feral is described as a "feat of balance" by Kayo Chingonyi, offering a sonically and emotionally rich experience. Eley Williams highlights its intricate and vital tenderness, noting how Potts' poetry "sings even as it bares its teeth." Fiona Ben emphasises the personal, compelling, and occasionally unsettling nature of the work, calling it a "monstrously brilliant" collection that brilliantly captures our animal selves navigating concrete cities.
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ISBN: 9781780374161
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 September 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 80
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About the Author
Kate Potts is a London-based poet, academic and editor. She is a visiting lecturer at Middlesex University and Royal Holloway, and a tutor at The Poetry School. She completed a practice-based PhD on the poetic radio play in 2017. Her pamphlet Whichever Music (tall-lighthouse) was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice in 2008 and was shortlisted for a Michael Marks Award. Her first full-length collection, Pure Hustle, was published by Bloodaxe in 2011. Her second collection, Feral (Bloodaxe Books, 2018), is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Kate is co-director of Somewhere in Particular, a site-specific poetry organisation which aims to connect poetry performance to specific places and communities and to reach beyond conventional audiences.
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