Description
Oils is a gorgeous, beguiling collection of poems where the poise of the delivery belies the emotional, existential turmoil within.
Through his portraits of an atheist, a pickpocket and a spinach-loving sailor (among others), Stephen Sexton evokes a strange kind of melancholy as he strives to reconcile passion with detachment and profound self-doubt with unwavering love.
About the Author
Stephen Sexton's pamphlet, Oils (Emma Press, 2014), was the Poetry Book Society's Winter Pamphlet Choice, and his first collection, If All the World and Love Were Young (Penguin, 2019), won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. He was the winner of the 2016 National Poetry Competition, the recipient of an ACES award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and was awarded an Eric Gregory Award in 2018.
Reviews
Such is the scope of the poems included - from the haunting 'The Death of Horses', to the more satirical 'Credit History', and the innocence of 'Subimago' - that Oils quickly hooks you with its ambition. It brings wit, melancholy and irony to the table, blurring the lines of what we think and know and dream to great effect.
-Clare Savage, Culture Northern Ireland
"...full of imaginative, lyrical, layered poems"
-Stephen Payne, Sabotage Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9781910139035
Author Stephen Sexton
Page Count 36
Imprint The Emma Press
Publisher The Emma Press
Weight(grams) 60g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 3mm
