That Broke into Shining Crystals
$34.04
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
12 May 2025
Summary
From Darkness to Light: A Journey Through Trauma and Triumph
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE
Reverberating with risk, this collection negotiates the darkness of injury, the potency and pain of revelation, and agency as song.
For years I had no sound but his sweetness, his lye.
Thus I go slow. I song last. Least. The lower.
That which I had nor sound I may still song.
Trauma and vulnerab…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571391318 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0571391311 |
| Author: | Richard Scott |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 12 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 124g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 211mm x 130mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for Soho:
“Richard Scott’s Soho is the most gripping portrayal of queer lives I’ve read so far.” - Daljit Nagra, the Guardian“Scott’s project is as political as it is personal, and the kaleidoscopic picture of contemporary queerness he builds through these poems is as urgent as it is alluring.” - A. K. Blakemore
“With his electric Soho, Richard Scott has arrived like a lightning bolt in our midst. In poetry that moves so fast we’re left breathless, this is protean, irreverent, urgent work.” Sinéad Morrissey, T. S. Eliot Prize judge
About The Author
Richard Scott
Richard Scott was born in London in 1981. His debut collection, Soho, was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Polari First Book Prize. He teaches poetry at the Faber Academy and is a lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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