Material Properties by Jacob Polley
A searching and philosophical collection from the T.S. Eliot prize-winning author of Jackself.
The poems have an unforced charm, delighting in the wonder that surrounds us * Guardian *
Polley’s grasp. . is masterful, and the book is a delight. He succeeds in echoing the texture of his poetic forebears, but with a wry panache which is all his own. -- Stephanie Sy-Quia * The Poetry Review *
What sustains these playful, wise, gentle lyrics is Polley’s technical skill. Longer poems are activated and maintained by their musicality and by a particular way with syntax that seeks to give texture and topography to the poems. One feels them as one is delighted by them -- Stephen Sexton * The Irish Times *
How often do you come across a book you read again and again and always with increasing pleasure? It’s the quality of the writing that draws me back, both rooted and adventuring, elegant yet at ease in different registers and vocabularies … Jacob Polley’s language reaches to the heart of his subjects -- Jane Routh * The Friday Poem *
Polley’s grasp. . is masterful, and the book is a delight. He succeeds in echoing the texture of his poetic forebears, but with a wry panache which is all his own. -- Stephanie Sy-Quia * The Poetry Review *
What sustains these playful, wise, gentle lyrics is Polley’s technical skill. Longer poems are activated and maintained by their musicality and by a particular way with syntax that seeks to give texture and topography to the poems. One feels them as one is delighted by them -- Stephen Sexton * The Irish Times *
How often do you come across a book you read again and again and always with increasing pleasure? It’s the quality of the writing that draws me back, both rooted and adventuring, elegant yet at ease in different registers and vocabularies … Jacob Polley’s language reaches to the heart of his subjects -- Jane Routh * The Friday Poem *
Jacob Polley is the author of five poetry collections with Picador, including Material Properties, The Havocs, winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and Jackself, which received the 2016 T.S. Eliot Award. His first novel, Talk of the Town, a fiercely demotic coming-of-age murder mystery, won the Somerset Maugham Award in 2010. From Carlisle, in Cumbria, he now lives with his family on the coast at Whitley Bay and teaches at Newcastle University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781035000081 |
| ISBN 10 | 1035000083 |
| Title | Material Properties |
| Author | Jacob Polley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2023-02-16 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
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