Material Witness, Edward Ragg's sixth collection, bears witness to all manner of materials: from botany, bower birds, diving bell spiders, rock formations and coral reefs to a Nazi-stamped photo of the poet's mother as well as Dante's Divine Comedy and the Las Meninas paintings of Velazquez and Picasso. In three sections - 'Scenes', 'Acts', 'Aftermaths' - Material Witness reveals an interlinking architecture, constructing a poetry profoundly wedded to the physical universe and variously concerned with love, family history, the natural world, even the simple act of stirring a cup of tea. This is a poetry that conjures in all senses 'the strange companionship of materials'.

A striking, meticulously crafted poetry collection that interrogates history, nature, and memory.

About the Author

Edward Ragg was born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1976 and has lived in Beijing since 2007. He was a joint-winner of the 2012 Cinnamon Press Poetry Award and A Force That Takes was his first collection, followed by Holding Unfailing. His poems have appeared in numerous international magazines and anthologies, including the 2014 Forward Book of Poetry, Lung Jazz: Young British Poets for Oxfam, Jericho & Other Stories & Poems and New Poetries IV. He is also the author of a number of critical works and articles on wine. Edward is the co-founder of Dragon Phoenix Wine Consulting.

Book Information
ISBN 9781788641944
Author Edward Ragg
Format Paperback
Page Count 54
Imprint Cinnamon Press
Publisher Cinnamon Press