Publisher's Synopsis
Praise for the author "A real testing of linguistic registers, an intricate living archive of cultural and literary references and a stunning hybrid, theoretical lyric assemblage of poetic essays, prose poems and close readings." Agnes Lehoczky; poet, academic and translator, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Sheffield. Recent publications: Swimming Pool (Shearsman), Wretched Strangers (Boiler House). "Mark Lindsey's compelling essay poems effortlessly inhabit the shadowy interstice between fiction, journalism and philosophy. Delightfully random yet chillingly relevant." A J Moore; author, m(p)atriarchive beir bua press. "Mark Lindsey's hybrid text seduces readers with magnificent storytelling; while questioning writing's disinformational public-relations trickery with superb, unsettling comic brio." Adam Piette; Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Sheffield, co-editor of the international poetry journal Blackbox Manifold with Alex Houen.
