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"Angela Readman's work is a carefully stitched embroidery of the familiar and the often overlooked or taken for granted - she makes pictures that stay in your mind long after the poem has been read. Sharply observant, dry, savage and wholly authentic, Readman's work is as far from the chattering classes as it's possible to be. Genuine work from a genuine new voice - a voice which will be heard." - Joolz "Angela Readman's poems are like nails, hammered-home truths, hard statements in the tenderness of skin. They force deep wounds, jar the vision and leave gouts of blood. If that was all they were they would be startling but they are also full of heart; sometimes the hearts are fractured, under siege or rallying against overwhelming odds but they are hearts that hold in them a fierce loyal human love and humour that spills out from the darkest of places. Now that is truly remarkable." - Kevin Cadwallender "Edge, vigour, humour, the Boro is in Angela Readman's work. Here is a poet who 'makes her sound with one sturdy boot in the snow.' Listen for it." - Gillian Allnutt "Readman casts her eye on ordinary life with a sharp knife. This is witty, astute poetry of the inventive kind. Sex with Elvis feels important, as all good poetry should. It brings us closely into the tight, hard world of estate, power and love, literally cutting the past open. Poetry with an edge. Read it, taste it! It's bloody wonderful!" - Julia Darling Available now £6.99 paperback ISBN 1-903914-22-1 |
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