Description
Martina Evans's fifth collection moves from the impact of American culture and rock'n'roll in the 1960s on her home town, a small Catholic community in rural Ireland, to life in contemporary London. Her poems spring from memories, anecdotes of local characters, children's books, shoes and cats; finally they revisit her Burnfort schooldays in sharp, truthful and often funny poems. Her poems will appeal to all who enjoy her unique blend of poetry and storytelling, her astute mimicry of conversational styles and her gift for offbeat humour.
About the Author
Martina Evans was born in 1961 in Cork, the youngest of ten children. She moved to London in 1988. As well as four books of poetry - 'The Iniscarra Bar and Cycle Rest' (1995), 'All Alcoholics Are Charmers' (1998), 'Can Dentists Be Trusted?' (2004) and 'Facing the Public' (2009) - she has also published three novels: 'Midnight Feast' (1996), 'The Glass Mountain' (1997), 'No Drinking No Dancing No Doctors' (2000) and the prose-poem/novella 'Petrol' (2012).
Book Information
ISBN 9780856464577
Author Martina Evans
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
About the Author
Martina Evans was born in 1961 in Cork, the youngest of ten children. She moved to London in 1988. As well as four books of poetry - 'The Iniscarra Bar and Cycle Rest' (1995), 'All Alcoholics Are Charmers' (1998), 'Can Dentists Be Trusted?' (2004) and 'Facing the Public' (2009) - she has also published three novels: 'Midnight Feast' (1996), 'The Glass Mountain' (1997), 'No Drinking No Dancing No Doctors' (2000) and the prose-poem/novella 'Petrol' (2012).
Book Information
ISBN 9780856464577
Author Martina Evans
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
