So Much for Life: Selected Poems
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A long awaited collection of poems by Mark Hyatt, one of the great lost writers of mid-century British poetry. Scarcely published in his lifetime, Hyatt's...
A long awaited collection of poems by Mark Hyatt, one of the great lost writers of mid-century British poetry.
Scarcely published in his lifetime, Hyatt's work -survives thanks to the intervention of poets and friends who saved his manuscripts and kept his poems in circulation. Queer in the decades before Gay Liberation; Romani; incarcerated in prisons and asylums; illiterate into adulthood: it's tempting to read Hyatt according to the familiar script of the doomed poet, resounding with loneliness and isolation. But his poetry--"hot and tender," funny and sad--tells another story: of love, liberatory commitment, and desire.
Author: Mark Hyatt
Publisher: Nightboat Books
Published: 06/06/2023
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 5.40h x 8.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781643621784
About the Author
Mark Hyatt (1940-1972) lived at the center and the fringes of the bohemian underground in 1960s Britain. In the half-century since his death, his work has been known almost exclusively by word-of-mouth. Drawing on a full range of archival sources, So Much For Life is the first comprehensive edition of his poems. Sam Ladkin is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex. Luke Roberts is a poet and writer. He works at King's College London.
Scarcely published in his lifetime, Hyatt's work -survives thanks to the intervention of poets and friends who saved his manuscripts and kept his poems in circulation. Queer in the decades before Gay Liberation; Romani; incarcerated in prisons and asylums; illiterate into adulthood: it's tempting to read Hyatt according to the familiar script of the doomed poet, resounding with loneliness and isolation. But his poetry--"hot and tender," funny and sad--tells another story: of love, liberatory commitment, and desire.
Author: Mark Hyatt
Publisher: Nightboat Books
Published: 06/06/2023
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 5.40h x 8.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781643621784
About the Author
Mark Hyatt (1940-1972) lived at the center and the fringes of the bohemian underground in 1960s Britain. In the half-century since his death, his work has been known almost exclusively by word-of-mouth. Drawing on a full range of archival sources, So Much For Life is the first comprehensive edition of his poems. Sam Ladkin is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex. Luke Roberts is a poet and writer. He works at King's College London.