Publisher's Synopsis
This is the first full-length collection from poet, Martin Figura, part of the performance poetry group, The Joy of 6. This volume contains a range that includes the side-splittingly funny to the deeply moving. Fresh, entertaining and at times beautiful.
Martin Figura was born in Liverpool in 1956. His first collection,The Little Book of Harm, was published by Firewater in 2000, selling out four print runs. His second collection, Ahem, has been selling well at readings since late 2005 and is now being released nationally. He has toured widely both as a member of The Joy of 6 and individually in the UK and abroad, including New York and Toronto.
He was awarded an MA with distinction in Writing The Visual at Norwich Art School in 2007. He has been published in several magazines, including: Rattapallax (US), The Same (US), Smiths Knoll, The Rialto, Envoi, Seam and Nth Position.
I like Martin Figura's work very much. He's talented and I wouldn't hesitate to appropriate some of his work and call it mine
- Randy Newman
A witty and skilful writer, Figura has considerably extended his range in his new poems. In effect, the work has more dimensions, is more humane for its
darkening - the entertainment cuts deeper
- George Szirtes
Martin Figura's poems are wry, playful, pointed and poignant, always engaging, unashamedly entertaining. Here is every day life with a tweak and a twist
- Matt Harvey
