Reckless Paper Birds

John McCullough

Paperback (15 May 2019)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Winner of the 2020 Hawthornden prize
Shortlisted for the 2019 Costa Poetry Award

Surreal, joyful, political and queer, Reckless Paper Birds is a collection to treasure by Polari Prize-winning poet John McCullough.

These exuberant poems welcome you into a psychedelic, parallel world of 'vomit and blossom' where Kate Bush mingles with a weeping Lady Gaga, a 'fractal coast' full of see-through things: water, mirrors, glass pebbles.

With a magpie's eye for hidden charms, McCullough ranges across birdlife, Grindr and My Little Pony while also addressing social issues from homelessness to homophobia.

About the Publisher

Penned in the Margins

We published our first book, the anthology of new poets Generation Txt, in 2006. Since then we've racked up over thirty titles spanning poetry, criticism and short fiction. As well as poetry collections and anthologies, we publish a series of limited edition mini-books from the likes of Roddy Lumsden and Luke Kennard. Our books have been Longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, Highly Commended by the Forward Prizes, and featured by the likes of Time Out, The Sunday Times, The TLS, The Independent, Dazed Digital, The Culture Show and BBC Radio 3. Adventures in Form was a PBS Special Commendation and was picked by The Independent as one of its 50 Best Summer Reads. In 2013 we were voted Most Innovative Publisher by the Saboteur Awards.

Book information

ISBN:	9781908058638
Publisher:	Penned in the Margins
Imprint:	Penned in the Margins
Pub date:	15 May 2019
DEWEY:	821.92
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	83
Weight:	142g
Height:	214mm
Width:	148mm
Spine width:	8mm