Paper Crusade by Michelle Penn
A book-length poem that takes inspiration from, and then subverts, Shakespeare's The Tempest.review by @shoutaboutbooks on instagram
"There must be something of Prospero in @mich_penn, because #PaperCrusade is utterly mesmeric & captivating"
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Michelle Penn is a dual UK/US national. She grew up in the US and lived/worked in France for seven years before moving to London in 2005. Michelle plans innovative poetry/art/music events as part of Corrupted Poetry. Her book-length poem, Paper Crusade, re-imagines Shakespeare's The Tempest as a dystopia and was published by Arachne Press in 2022. Michelle Penn’s debut pamphlet, Self-portrait as a diviner, failing (2018), won the Paper Swans Prize. Recent work has appeared in The Pomegranate, Under the Radar, Magma and Bad Lilies. Several of Michelle’s poems have been performed as part of Arachne’s Solstice Shorts Festivals, and published in their respective anthologies, Dusk; Noon Time and Tide and Words From the Brink. Michelle also has a poem in Byways
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| ISBN 13 | 9781913665678 |
| ISBN 10 | 1913665674 |
| Title | Paper Crusade |
| Author | Michelle Penn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Arachne Press |
| Year published | 2022-06-21 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Prizes | Winner of The Kitschies Inky Tentacle prize for Cover Art 2023 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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