John Siddique's new collection takes the reader down the street and round the world. This is a brave and a bold book of linked poems whose subjects range widely from love to hate, from war to peace, from childhood to adulthood, from the real world to the world of myth. Siddique is interested in everything. Tender and open-hearted, these poems are full of wonder at the power of love. Dreamy and yet direct, this is Siddique's most powerful collection yet. -- Jackie Kay In this beautiful new collection John Siddique seduces the reader with his life-affirming reflections on our mortality and a profoundly moving poetic interplay of tenderness, love and eroticism. -- Dr. Claire Chambers
John Siddique was born in 1964. His discovery of his local library when young began his life-long love affair with what words mean and how they sit together. He is the bestselling author of Recital — An Almanac, Poems From A Northern Soul, The Prize and now Full Blood. He is the co-author of the story/memoir Four Fathers. He has contributed poems, stories, essays and articles to many publications, including Granta, The Guardian, Poetry Review, and The Rialto.
Siddique's new poetry collection contains powerful reflections on
love, loss, war, peace and alternative modes of living for these
days of financial and political turmoil. In one sequence, The
Knife, he discusses racism in northern England; in another,
Reclaiming the Body, love and sex are described with tender
honesty. Technically virtuosic yet direct and sensual, this is a
collection I keep returning to.
*Times Higher Education Supplement*
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