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A long awaited collection of poems by Mark Hyatt, one of the great lost writers of mid-century British poetry.

Scarcely published in his lifetime, Hyatt’s work ­survives thanks to the intervention of poets and friends who saved his manuscripts and kept his poems in circulation. Queer in the decades before Gay Liberation; Romani; incarcerated in prisons and asylums; illiterate into adulthood: it’s tempting to read Hyatt according to the familiar script of the doomed poet, resounding with loneliness and isolation. But his poetry—“hot and tender,” funny and sad—tells another story: of love, liberatory commitment, and desire.

So Much for Life: Selected Poems

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A long awaited collection of poems by Mark Hyatt, one of the great lost writers of mid-century British poetry. Scarcely... Read more

    Publisher: Nightboat Books
    Publication Date: 20/07/2023
    ISBN13: 9781643621784, 978-1643621784
    ISBN10: 1643621785

    Number of Pages: 208

    Fiction , Poetry

    Description

    A long awaited collection of poems by Mark Hyatt, one of the great lost writers of mid-century British poetry.

    Scarcely published in his lifetime, Hyatt’s work ­survives thanks to the intervention of poets and friends who saved his manuscripts and kept his poems in circulation. Queer in the decades before Gay Liberation; Romani; incarcerated in prisons and asylums; illiterate into adulthood: it’s tempting to read Hyatt according to the familiar script of the doomed poet, resounding with loneliness and isolation. But his poetry—“hot and tender,” funny and sad—tells another story: of love, liberatory commitment, and desire.

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