Description
Book SynopsisKathryn Maris is originally from New York and has lived in London since 1999. Her previous collections are
The Book of Jobs (Four Way Books, 2006) and
God Loves You (Seren, 2013), and a selection of her poetry appeared alongside the work of Frederick Seidel and Sam Riviere in
Penguin Modern Poets 5: Occasional Wild Parties (2017). Her poetry has been published widely, including in
Granta,
The Nation,
The New Statesman,
Poetry,
The Best British Poetry 2015 (Salt) and
The Forward Book of Poetry 2017 (Faber & Faber).
Trade ReviewThe funniest book I've read in years. Maris flexes her wit and wisdom to create a litany of nervous characters in a style that's mordant, sarcastic, satiric yet often compassionate . . . a poet of risk, she is dark, deep and often laugh out loud -- Daljit Nagra
Her dry, droll, clinically deadpan manner is all her own; but her themes - obscure hurts, implacable dissatisfactions, hardwired propensity for victimhood and suffering - reflect the experience of humanity at large -- Christopher Reid
It's like being in a cage with a jaguar - both the car and the animal: one is very fast, the other very hungry. It's highly dangerous, but strangely, you don't mind. Bloody readable anyway -- Hugo Williams
