Talking Dead by Neil Rollinson
Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Poetry Prize, this title deals with human condition. It is a celebration of the act of being, whether in moments of love or mortality, sex or feasting.
A hugely accessible book of fundamentally human poems-- Jade Craddock * Nudge *
A hugely accessible book of fundamentally human poems. -- Jade Craddock * Nudge *
Poems of extraordinary delicacy and transcendence. -- Suzi Feay * Independent on Sunday *
As lucid and direct as anything being written today… Every word is subordinated to its purpose: not the display but a mastery of the writing self… Rollinson has an impeccable ear. -- Fiona Sampson * New Statesman *
Talking Dead is an unusual and interesting collection of poems… Rollinson does it with a wry grit, honest earthiness and often with quite the wicked sense of humour. The language can be as fruity as the subject matter, some poems are sensual and some shocking, together they form a quite eclectic mix. I laughed and I gasped as I read through. One of the things that I most enjoyed about the collection was how down to earth it was. Whilst Rollinson’s poetry is vivid, lyrical and beautiful it isn’t flowery. -- Simon Savidge * Savidge Reads *
A hugely accessible book of fundamentally human poems. -- Jade Craddock * Nudge *
Poems of extraordinary delicacy and transcendence. -- Suzi Feay * Independent on Sunday *
As lucid and direct as anything being written today… Every word is subordinated to its purpose: not the display but a mastery of the writing self… Rollinson has an impeccable ear. -- Fiona Sampson * New Statesman *
Talking Dead is an unusual and interesting collection of poems… Rollinson does it with a wry grit, honest earthiness and often with quite the wicked sense of humour. The language can be as fruity as the subject matter, some poems are sensual and some shocking, together they form a quite eclectic mix. I laughed and I gasped as I read through. One of the things that I most enjoyed about the collection was how down to earth it was. Whilst Rollinson’s poetry is vivid, lyrical and beautiful it isn’t flowery. -- Simon Savidge * Savidge Reads *
Neil Rollinson is the author of four poetry collections: A Spillage of Mercury (1996), Spanish Fly (2001), Demolition (2007) and Talking Dead (2015). He won the National Poetry Competition in 1997, received a Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors in 2005, and was shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Poetry Prize for Talking Dead. The Dead Don't Bleed is his debut novel, and won the Deborah Rogers Award for previously unpublished prose writers in 2023.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224097291 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224097296 |
| Title | Talking Dead |
| Author | Neil Rollinson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Costa Poetry Award 2016 (UK) |
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