Between Two Windows by Oli Hazzard

Between Two Windows by Oli Hazzard

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A book of poems that takes language out to stretch and flex and bend itself into new shapes. It includes lyrics and satires that dance in the spaces that open up between intention and expression, the moment when the horse attempts to throw its rider.

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Between Two Windows by Oli Hazzard

In Between Two Windows, his first book of poems, Oli Hazzard takes language out to stretch and flex and bend itself into new shapes. Into the formal straits of sestinas, sonnets and pantoums stray palindromes, mirrored poems, anagrams, allusions and curiosities. His lyrics and satires dance in the spaces that open up between intention and expression, the moment when the horse attempts to throw its rider.
'Hazzard's gift lies in making the unusual seem aphoristic, turning words on their heads to shock an unsuspecting reader' - The Economist 'He brilliantly conveys the experience of experiencing; although his observations are hyper-real, he seems always to be questioning - and to be making us question - whether they are sufficiently "like"...His work perfectly exemplifies Touchstone's saying that the truest poetry is the most feigning.' - Jane Griffiths 'Haunting, hilarious, exquisitely inventive, Between Two Windows is a brilliant first collection by one of the brightest young stars in the poetic firmament.' - Mark Ford
Oli Hazzard is the author of two books of poems, Between Two Windows (Carcanet, 2012) and Blotter (Carcanet, 2018), and a novel, Lorem Ipsum (Prototype, 2021). He teaches at the University of St Andrews and lives in Glasgow.
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ISBN 13 9781847771391
ISBN 10 1847771394
Title Between Two Windows
Author Oli Hazzard
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
Year published 2012-09-27
Number of pages 61
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.