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Shield
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- Book Synopsis
- remember / tidal volume is estimated based on // what's left in the lung as it closes / remember love is based on tides / as they come in closerAs the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, Jamie was warned by the doctor that due to their underlying health they would not be a priority for critical care treatment. Using the compressed form of a sonnet, they kept rewriting and re-experiencing different voices and identities to explore what it means to face one's mortality so directly, suddenly, and unexpectedly.This work became a pamphlet, Shield, following Jamie through the grief of facing death while newly married, and into a place of resilience, resistance, and a commitment to creation against mortality.i'd rather die / as i've lived as i've lived filled with love and / i'd rather die fierce as myself'These are arresting, heart-stopping poems lit with a rare intensity. Hale's poems don't pull any punches, they explore what it is to live in a body and on the way touch the centre of the fragility deep inside all of us. Humane poems that will make you ache.' - Mona Arshi
- About The Author
- Jamie Hale is a poet and essayist based in South-East London. Their solo show, NOT DYING, has been performed at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith and at the Barbican Centre, while they have had poetry published in Magma, Rialto, and Poetry Quarterly. They have performed poetry at venues including Rich Mix, the Science Gallery, the South Bank Centre, the Saboteur Awards, and the Tate Modern. They write for the Wellcome Trust on disability arts, and are a researcher and contributor for a Netflix show. In 2018 they won one of the London Writers' Awards for Poetry, and in 2019 they were shortlisted for the Jerwood Fellowships. Shield is their first poetry publication.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781912565498
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Verve Poetry Press, (14 January 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 30
- Weight
- 54 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 210 x 210 x 11 mm
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