Foundry Songs

Rhetoric, Dean

ISBN 10: 1915079608 / ISBN 13: 9781915079602

Published by Broken Sleep Books, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Foundry Songs
• Publisher: Broken Sleep Books
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1915079608
• ISBN 13: 9781915079602
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1748896479.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 46922809
• Signed: 6/2/2025 8:34:39 PM
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Dean Rhetoric's Foundry Songs examines shame, grief, lust and loss through the emotional upheaval of a troubled adolescence pitted against a post-industrial backdrop. Both gritty and lyrical, Rhetoric combines cutting wit with poignant descriptions of trauma. The poems grapple with God and working class identity, envisioning a world where posh pelicans laugh at seagulls choking on chips, workers on strike protest Richard Curtis and tumours tumble out of jumper pockets. Foundry Songs is a resonant debut collection which pulls no punches.

About the Author

Dean Rhetoric is a working-class poet currently living in Manchester. He has previously been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and was a Semi-Finalist for the Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize in 2018. His pamphlet, Cancer []Pop Punk] is available from Broken Sleep Books.