Description
Sophia Blackwell's new collection, The Fire-Eater's Lover, is about performance of all kinds. Whether it's the rituals of seduction, the trials and triumphs of squeezing into a red vintage dress or the adrenalin of putting a microphone to your lips, these poems are filled with the joy of performing. The Fire-Eater's Lover conjures together scraps of everything from classic blues songs to job rejection letters, marriage proposals and medical questionnaires, and whips them into a circus of illicit sex, love lost and found, bittersweet goodbyes and moments of illumination.
About the Author
Sophia Blackwell was born in Newcastle in 1982. She read English at Oxford, where she started performing poetry with Hammer and Tongue. Her poetry has been anthologised by Bloodaxe, Nine Arches, The Emma Press and Sidekick Books, and her other writing has been published in Trespass, Time Out and Diva. She is the author of one other collection of poetry, Into Temptation (2009) and a novel, After My Own Heart (2012). She lives in London where she is Head of Marketing at the Bookseller.
Book Information
ISBN 9781909136724
Author Sophia Blackwell
Format Paperback
Page Count 70
Imprint Burning Eye Books
Publisher Burning Eye Books
Weight(grams) 91g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 4mm
About the Author
Sophia Blackwell was born in Newcastle in 1982. She read English at Oxford, where she started performing poetry with Hammer and Tongue. Her poetry has been anthologised by Bloodaxe, Nine Arches, The Emma Press and Sidekick Books, and her other writing has been published in Trespass, Time Out and Diva. She is the author of one other collection of poetry, Into Temptation (2009) and a novel, After My Own Heart (2012). She lives in London where she is Head of Marketing at the Bookseller.
Book Information
ISBN 9781909136724
Author Sophia Blackwell
Format Paperback
Page Count 70
Imprint Burning Eye Books
Publisher Burning Eye Books
Weight(grams) 91g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 4mm
