ARGONAUT BOOKS

Reeling in the face of collapsing systems, of politics, identity and the banalities and distortions of modern living, Nick Laird confronts age-old anxieties, questions of aloneness, friendship, and the push and pull of daily life. Reviews 'Laird's fifth collection glimmers with angsty maturity as it manoeuvres its way between introspection and elegy. . . Elsewhere, Laird cracks open the poetry of sensitivity to reveal a raw sense of politics and injustice "as the rich get richer and the poor get fucked".'Guardian - Philip Terry'The central poem...is destined ...Read More