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Tibble carves out a bold new way of engaging history without merely telling it
it rightly resituates poetry in relation to its biggest and most serious task: helping us to live and die well' Alain de Botton
Many of O Riordain's poems came out of his struggle with the isolation
through deep connection
intimately expressed in 'a new language / of the familiar' ('The Landing')
An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell by Deborah Levy Marc Swan Tibble carves out a boldShe is a shimmering, melancholy angel, flown from Paradise to save him from the suburbs of hell. He an accountant, dreaming of a white Christmas, a little garden and someone to love. She attempts to fly him away from his habits and fears, while he holds on tight to all he knows. Man Booker Prize shortlisted Deborah Levy whips up a storm of romance and slapstick, of heavenly and earthly delights, in this dystopian philosophical poem about individual
