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This is a book of poetry: half human, half emergency. It’s about what it means to be alive and angry and afraid. It’s about the climate crisis. ’s about the coronavirus pandemic. It’s about being in hospital and having kids and growing older and being married and facing death. It’s about roller skating. It’s about this gorgeous magical planet that is trying so hard to save us. It’s about humans.

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“In Liv Torc’s witty, inventive and generous hands, poetry opens up new ways of noticing and sharing all that matters most.” Susannah Herbert, Head of Forward Arts Foundation and National Poetry Day (2012–2021);

The Human Emergency

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      Publisher Burning Eye Books
      Published 29 July 2021
      ISBN-13 9781913958145
      978-1913958145
      ISBN-10 1913958140

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a book of poetry: half human, half emergency. It’s about what it means to be alive and angry and afraid. It’s about the climate crisis. ’s about the coronavirus pandemic. It’s about being in hospital and having kids and growing older and being married and facing death. It’s about roller skating. It’s about this gorgeous magical planet that is trying so hard to save us. It’s about humans.

      Trade Review
      “In Liv Torc’s witty, inventive and generous hands, poetry opens up new ways of noticing and sharing all that matters most.” Susannah Herbert, Head of Forward Arts Foundation and National Poetry Day (2012–2021);

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