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Cockroach
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- Book Synopsis
- When the world ends, there will be ashes, cockroaches, and me, a teenager writes in her diary.Cockroach is a memoir. Cockroach is a tale of survival. Cockroach is a creature fundamentally changed by experiences of bullying which hone hair-trigger sensitivities and maladaptive instincts. Cockroach looks back on formative moments of socialisation and instances of missed communication via the lens of learning about neurodivergence; pinpointing turning points and celebrating a lifelong fascination with the 'other' in fiction as well as the self. If you are 'other', who are your role models? Where do you find solace and belonging?Using examples from horror cinema interwoven through poetry and prose tackling disability and loneliness, Cockroach maps a life.
- About The Author
- Elizabeth McGeown is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer and performer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is the 2022 UK Slam Champion, a three-time All-Ulster (Northern Irish) Slam Champion and has twice been longlisted for Best Spoken Word Performer in the Saboteur Awards. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Banshee, Abridged and Under the Radar and she is currently studying an MA in Creative Writing (part-time) at the University of Birmingham. She was funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and University of Atypical to write her first full-length spoken word show and debut poetry collection 'Cockroach', which will be published by Verve Poetry Press in summer 2022.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781913917128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Verve Poetry Press, (28 July 2022)
- Weight
- 164 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 137 x 13 mm
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