Who Is Mary Sue? by Sophie Collins

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WINNER OF THE MICHAEL MURPHY MEMORIAL PRIZE
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE

In the language of fan fiction, a 'Mary Sue' is an idealised and implausibly flawless character: a female archetype that can infuriate audiences for its perceived narcissism.

Such is the setting for this brilliant and important debut by Sophie Collins.

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Who Is Mary Sue? by Sophie Collins

Sophie Collins's fearless and brilliant debut: a series of verse and prose collages, exploring themes of identity, shame, gender, trauma, composition and culture.
Sophie Collins grew up in Bergen, North Holland, and now lives in Edinburgh. She is co-editor of tender, an online arts quarterly, and editor of Currently & Emotion (Test Centre, 2016), an anthology of contemporary poetry translations. small white monkeys, a text on self-expression, self-help and shame, was published by Book Works in 2017 as part of a commissioned residency at Glasgow Women's Library. Who Is Mary Sue? is her first poetry collection.
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ISBN 13 9780571346615
ISBN 10 0571346618
Title Who Is Mary Sue?
Author Sophie Collins
Series Faber Poetry Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2018-02-08
Number of pages 112
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.