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Father myself
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- Book Synopsis
- In 2022, James McDermott lost his sixty-year-old father to COVID after three weeks in intensive care. In* Father Myself*, his second collection from Nine Arches Press, McDermott explores his father's complex illness and death; grief; growth and how as a queer boy then a bereaved son, he had to learn to father himself.In clear-sighted and often hard-hitting poems, McDermott takes the reader onto the frontline of the pandemic - documenting the experience and trauma of a COVID-bereaved family with an unflinching eye. Both powerful and compassionate, these extraordinary poems have the capacity to go beyond simply a record of events, reaching sensitively for the human details that matter - the beat of a heart and movement of breath, the touch of a hand, the words we use for goodbye.
- About The Author
- James McDermott's poetry collections include Wild Life (Nine Arches Press; shortlisted for an East Anglian Book Award 2023), 'Erased' (Polari Press) and Manatomy (Burning Eye; longlisted for Polari's First Book Prize 2021). Plays published by Samuel French include 'Jab' (Finborough Theatre; nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for Best New Play 2024), 'Time and Tide' (Park Theatre/Tour; nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for Best New Play 2020) and 'Rubber Ring' (Pleasance Islington/Tour). James is one of the writers on 'EastEnders' and has written multiple episodes. He is an Arvon writing tutor and lectures in creative writing at The University Of East Anglia.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781916760103
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Nine Arches Press, (20 February 2025)
- Weight
- 119 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 mm
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