stones outline a sleeping form
Her second pamphlet
2012 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in Criticism
place – and
Rookie presents a formidable body of work composed over two decades from one of the poetry world's most energetic and consistently compelling voices
The Age of Destruction and Lies by Rupert M. Loydell Petru Iamandi stones outline a sleeping formIn this new book of poems Rupert Loydell writes about the world he now finds himself living in, questioning the damage caused by time, memory, lockdown, aging, politics, lies, neglect and disinformation. Whether grappling with social history, corrupt data, roadbuilding, Grenfell Tower, urban graffiti, faith and fine art, or 'the fickleness of language', these damaged prayers and disbelieving explorations are 'configured for maximum twitch'. And