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Low (Bloodaxe Books) Paperback – 27 May 2021

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'The best new poetry that you will read this year.' - Alan Moore

This new collection from one of Britain's most innovative poets is an exploration of identity in the face of loss. At its heart is a series of poems about the desolation of miscarriage. These poems try to understand the many different means we use to come closer to articulating, and avoiding, experience. Drawing on the language of comedy, improvisation, drag and clown, Low interrogates humour's role in enacting the possibility of change. A thought-provoking, irreverent and challenging book, Low exemplifies Chrissy Williams' ability to find 'seriousness in the apparently trivial and ephemeral' (Poetry Review).

Chrissy Williams' first collection Bear (Bloodaxe) was one of The Telegraph's 50 Best Books of the Year in 2017. She has also published several pamphlets, one of which was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award. Low is her second full-length collection).
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    72 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Bloodaxe Books Ltd
  4. Publication date
    27 May 2021
  5. Dimensions
    13.97 x 0.64 x 21.59 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1780375646
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1780375649
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'With an exquisite ear, Chrissy Williams selects thrown-away phrases and builds them into ingenious, painful, funny and illuminating mechanisms that move in ways you don't expect them to. The best new poetry that you will read this year.' - Alan Moore [on Low]

'Laced with pop culture, from Kesha to Fleetwood Mac... Chrissy Williams' second collection, Low published by Bloodaxe Books is a spinning Ferris wheel of sardonic improvisation and deep exploration... Williams commits no sins. The relationship between poetry and improvisation is a worthy probe and executed with a light and beautiful heart. Williams plays with time well and entertains better than most sketch comedy because there is no fear in prodding pain into hope. No forced jokes. Zero boredom. Layers of insight. Refreshing, adept, luminous, Low by Chrissy Williams deserves an ovation and hopefully many encores.' --DM O'Connor, RHINO Poetry

Praise for Bear:

'There is a profundity and care of phrasing here which is completely persuasive... [a] sense of wonder and the rare combination of wit and sensitivity that is the hallmark of Williams's style.' - Tim Dooley, The Poetry Review

'Chrissy Williams is my new favourite poet.' --Luke Kennard

'Chrissy Williams is opening a new space for British experimental poetry... with its generosity towards the reader via a light touch and warm experimentalism.' --Marcus Slease, Shearsman

About the Author

Chrissy Williams is a poet, editor and tutor living in London. Her father is English, her mother is Italian, and she was raised in Devon. She has published six pamphlets: Flying into the Bear (HappenStance Press, 2013) was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Awards, and Epigraphs (if p then q, 2014) was featured on Radio 3's The Verb. Her poems and critical writing have appeared in various magazines, including The Poetry Review and Poetry London. She edited an anthology called Over the Line: An Introduction to Poetry Comics (Sidekick Books, 2015) and runs regular poetry comics workshops. She is Director of the annual Free Verse: Poetry Book Fair and currently works as a comics editor. Her first book-length collection, Bear, was published by Bloodaxe in 2017, followed by her second book-length collection, Low, in 2021.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloodaxe Books Ltd (27 May 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 72 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1780375646
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1780375649
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 0.64 x 21.59 cm

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Chrissy Williams is a poet, editor and tutor based in London. Her work has been featured by BBC television and radio, and her first poetry collection BEAR (Bloodaxe Books, 2017) was one of the Telegraph’s 50 Best Books of the Year.

The author of numerous poetry pamphlets, her work has been shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award, and published in many magazines and anthologies including Poetry, Poetry Review, Poetry London and Salt’s Best British Poetry series. Her second book-length collection, LOW, is published by Bloodaxe in 2021.

She is editor of the online poetry journal PERVERSE, and previously worked both at the National Poetry Library and as Director of the Poetry Book Fair. She is also an improviser and edits comics, including the New York Times bestselling The Wicked + The Divine.

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