The Men I Keep Under My Bed
Alvy Carragher$12.71
$14.95
"it's not very feminist to consider myself a mouldy slut
I've agency over my body and all that 21st-century shite"
A young woman wakes feeling raw and tender after a one-night stand. She leaves a strange man sleeping in her bed and goes running. Marked by the anxiety of living in a city that does not feel like home, she must face the memories and men kept under her bed.
Praise for Alvy Carragher's poetry:
"The deliberate and considered syntax and artful pacing unfolds a self, not just a situation." -- EAVAN BOLAND
"A skilful and sensitive poet who possesses a high degree of psychological insight and tact, and her portrayal of the emotional undercurrents between people is at the same time forceful and subtle." -- EVA BOURKE
"Carragher makes art that transcends the particular to find and describe truth and beauty in apparently broken things." -- ELEANOR HOOKER
"Carragher is, in short, a real writer. Her words tend to stick with you, partly because she always has a real story to tell." -- KEVIN HIGGINS
"A moving study of big poetic subjects such as family, difficult relationships and loss, and while such themes have been explored by many poets, Alvy brings to it a freshness that is totally hers. In a voice that is natural and without sentimentality, it carries a lovely musicality and holds its own on the page." -- GERALDINE MILLS
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Salmon Poetry
Published: 04/13/2022
ISBN: 9781912561278
Pages: 116
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.92w x 0.40d
I've agency over my body and all that 21st-century shite"
A young woman wakes feeling raw and tender after a one-night stand. She leaves a strange man sleeping in her bed and goes running. Marked by the anxiety of living in a city that does not feel like home, she must face the memories and men kept under her bed.
Praise for Alvy Carragher's poetry:
"The deliberate and considered syntax and artful pacing unfolds a self, not just a situation." -- EAVAN BOLAND
"A skilful and sensitive poet who possesses a high degree of psychological insight and tact, and her portrayal of the emotional undercurrents between people is at the same time forceful and subtle." -- EVA BOURKE
"Carragher makes art that transcends the particular to find and describe truth and beauty in apparently broken things." -- ELEANOR HOOKER
"Carragher is, in short, a real writer. Her words tend to stick with you, partly because she always has a real story to tell." -- KEVIN HIGGINS
"A moving study of big poetic subjects such as family, difficult relationships and loss, and while such themes have been explored by many poets, Alvy brings to it a freshness that is totally hers. In a voice that is natural and without sentimentality, it carries a lovely musicality and holds its own on the page." -- GERALDINE MILLS
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Salmon Poetry
Published: 04/13/2022
ISBN: 9781912561278
Pages: 116
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.92w x 0.40d