Art of the Impossible by Paul Hyland
Paul Hyland is alert to the source and power of his poetry. Words culled from darkness are fine-tuned under bright lights. He does what storytellers, shamans, singers and musicians have always done: he takes on the world beyond the firelight - or the computer screen - with tales, songs and spells; he dons masks, plays games and tricks, performs modest miracles and, in all seriousness, attempts the art of the impossible. Paul Hyland's Art of the Impossible includes the life work of the spy-poet Z (from Poems of Z) as well as poems from other books including Domingus, The Stubborn Forest and Kicking Sawdust. In a substantial collection of new poems, he goes underground in Cleveland, explores the Mesolithic South, worries at Iberia and gets into the heads of unlikely characters.
Paul Hyland is an award-winning poet and travel writer who lives in Dorchester. His many publications include English topographical classics, travel books about Central Africa, India and Iberia, and most recently the acclaimed historical work Ralegh's Last Journey. He has published four books of poetry with Bloodaxe: Poems of Z (1982), the Stubborn Forest (1984), Kicking Sawdust (1995) and Art of the Impossible: New and Selected Poems 1974-2004 (2004). He also wrote Bloodaxe's indispensable Getting into Poetry, described by Suzi Feay in Time Out as 'essential reading...the guide to the contemporary poetry scene'. He performs the Art of the Impossible as a professional magician.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852246433 |
| ISBN 10 | 185224643X |
| Title | Art of the Impossible |
| Author | Paul Hyland |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloodaxe Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-01-29 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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