Patterflash

Lowe, Adam

ISBN 10: 1845235592 / ISBN 13: 9781845235598

Published by Peepal Tree Press Ltd, 2023

New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # GB-9781845235598

Synopsis:

Within a collection that displays an engaging variety of language registers, both ‘ high’ and ‘ low’ in tone, the masking sometimes makes use of Polari, the gay street language that simultaneously reveals and conceals, excludes and invites, estranges and makes familiar. The collection connects the poet as a wry, humane observer of the scene, particularly as conducted in Manchester, and the persona of “ Adam Lowe” as both actor in and narrator of his own dramas, who performs, exults and sometimes suffers in a wide range of guises and disguises. What unites them is the urge to embrace the possibilities of being exactly who you want to be whatever the complications or consequences of your choice.

About the Author: Adam Lowe (he/his, mostly) is a writer, performer and publisher from Leeds, UK, though he currently lives in Manchester. He is the UK's LGBT+ History Month Poet Laureate and was Yorkshire's Poet for 2012 . He writes poetry, plays and fiction, and he occasionally performs in drag as Beyonce Holes. He is of Kittitian, British and Irish descent. He graduated with both a BA and MA from the University of Leeds, and is currently researching for a PhD in creative writing at the University of Manchester.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Patterflash
Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: PAP
Condition: New