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Men who feed pigeons / Selima Hill.

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Hill, Selima, author.
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: English poetry--20th century.; English poetry.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (343 pages)
Place of Publication:: Hexham, Northumberland : Bloodaxe Books, [2021]
Summary:: Men Who Feed Pigeons brings together seven contrasting but complementary poem sequences by 'this brilliant lyricist of human darkness' (Fiona Sampson) relating to men and different kinds of women's relationships with men. The Anaesthetist is about men at work; The Beautiful Man with the Unpronounceable Name is about someone else's husband; Billy relates to friendship between a man and a woman; Biro is about living next door to a mysterious uncle; The Man in the Quilted Dressing-gown portrays a very particular old man; Ornamental Lakes as Seen from Trains is about a woman and a man she's afraid of; while Shoebill is another sequence about a woman and a man, but quite different from the others. Like all of Selima Hill's work, all seven sequences in this book chart 'extreme experience with a dazzling excess' (Deryn Rees-Jones), with startling humour and surprising combinations of homely and outlandish. Shortlisted for the 2021 Forward Prize for Best Collection.
Contents:: Intro; Description; Title Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; The Anaesthetist; The Banker; The Care Worker; The Chauffeur; The Childhood Sweetheart; The Classics Teacher; The Cousin; The Dancer; The Dentist; The Doctor; The Doctor of Philosophy; The Driver; The Duke; The Entomologist; The Ex; The Farmer; The Father; The Film Director; The Finn; The Friend; The Gardener; The Geek; The Great-grandfather; The History Teacher; The Man Who Sits in Saunas; The Married Man; The Mathematician; The Monk; The Nurse; The Opera Singer; The Painter; The Patient; The Photographer; The Poacher; The Retired Solicitor; The Sailor; The Son; The Supply Teacher; The Tennis Coach; The Tennis Player; The Tractor Driver; The Treasurer; The Uncle; The Beautiful Man with the Unpronounceable Name; Standing on His Doorstep; A Happy-looking Man; The Beautiful Man Whose Name I Can't Pronounce; Never Go Upstairs in the Daytime; In the Tiny House; The People Who Still Call Themselves My Loved Ones; The Toes of the Woman I've Never Met; A Café We Could Go To; God's Gift to Wasps; A Cup of Tea; The Face of the Woman I've Never Met; Never Even Hope; A Woman, a Cyclist and a Teapot; The Nose of the Woman I've Never Met; Hating Me Would Be a Waste of Time; What Kind of a Woman Am I?; The Word Marriage; Baby; I'm Never Going to Think of Him Again; Bicycles and Tricycles; Krasznahorkai, Djokovic, Leghorn; They Said It Would Be Hard; Eating Potatoes in the Shed; The Cake; European Night Train Guides; Spearmint Freshbreath Mouth-freshening Beads; I Hear or Think I Hear on Moonlit Nights; Billy; My Mother's Extraordinary Hair; What It Feels Like To Talk To Him; The Plateau Phase; Stone; Crab; Jelly.; Raging Torrents, Soaring Peaks; Rain; I Try to Please Everyone; The Woman with the Broken Leg; Honey; Sheep; The Sun in All Its Glory; His Childhood; Romance; Restaurant; The Long Wait; Skinny-dipping; The Married Couple; The Gents; Other Members' Towels; Expensive French Cheeses; Brandy Snaps; Everyone Is Watching; Friendship; As We Leave; The Compliment; Prawn Cocktails; Me and Juan Martín del Potro; Doll; A New Pair of Fleece-lined Gloves; Sitting as Still as I Can; The Red-haired Swimmer; The Tea Is Cold; Fancy Cakes; Pain; Teabag; The Jolly Sailor; Shopping; My Life as a Pair of Crocs; The Extra-large Crab Sandwich; The Sea; On the Beach; Kindness; Trolley; Dinner; Piglets; The Surgeon's Ring; Walking Back to Happiness; Sadness; Hollyhock; Chihuahuas; God; The Brunette; The Tea Is Never Hot Enough; Teddy; Chickens; Pink-and-white Fairy-cakes; Furniture; Semolina; Buttered Toast; The Warmth of the Knife; Teapot; Sand; Midge; Cupcake; Every Time He Hurts Me I Tell Myself; The Man Who Never Smiles; Chocolate Pudding; His Mother's Dog; Table; Poodle; The Buffalo; Bucket; What We Need to Think About; Hand; Corridor; The Smile; Solutions; Photographs of Women with Straight Hair; Ammonia; In Giant Shorts; The Plan; Him and Me; The Currant Bun; A Person Who Is More Amenable; Armadillo; Giraffes; Battleships; My Idea of Fun; Coffee-pot; Thirty Murdered Women; Two Bananas and a Frog; The Good Fortune of the Man Sitting Opposite Me; Badger; Mount Fuji; Pig; My Mother's Car; Oxygen; Life and Death; I Used to Cry; Electroencephalographs; A Normal Person; His New Bobble Hat; Prayer; Other People's Noses; Little Billy; Rhinoplasty; Golden Sands.; Hospital; A Racehorse Called Rhododendron; Sunshine; The Duty Doctor; Profiteroles; The Visitor; Ears; Mother; The Hospital at Night; Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro; Biro; Like a Man Who's Never Been in Love; Rectitude; My Uncle and Me in the Tobacconist's; My Uncle's Drawing-room; My Uncle's Kitchen; The Billiard Room; My Uncle's Bentley; My Uncle's Vegetable Garden; My Uncle's Blazer; Newts; A Housekeeper, a Butler and a Horse; Brothers; The Baths; My Uncle's Mother; My Uncle Plays the Piano; More than Seven European Languages; Artichoke; Poppet; Silverfish; Hotel Wellingtonia; The King; The Illustrated Guide to British Moths; Chocolate Sardines; Vivarium; When Biro Barks; Doctor; The Bell; My Uncle's Horse; Cow; Photograph of a Baby; Key; The Word Jodhpurs; Berries; Spiders; My So-called Personality Disorder; What to Wear on Horseback; Fathead; My Uncle's Bedroom; Cheerfulness; Ostriches; The Man in the Quilted Dressing-gown; His Hairy Ears; His Semolina; His Most Precious Possession; His Incomparable Picnics; His Stony Silence; His Slender Ankles; His Little Rest; His Missing Spectacle-case; His Passion for Musicals; His Itchy Fingers; His Curvy Ladies; His Dusty Dressing-gown; His Useful Walking-stick; His Toasty Socks; His Shaky Hands; His Love of Opera; His Pinks; His Starry Nights; His Enormous Feet; His Victoria Sponge; His Big Blue Face; His Bushy Hair; His Mugs of Coffee; His Sticky Florentine; Ornamental Lakes Seen from Trains; Sandy Hollows, Godless Pines; The Pit of His Stomach; His Eyes; Californian Waffles; Warmth; His Hand; Man on a Lawn; The Height; The Golden Pennies; You Either Love a Person or You Don't.; Sauerkraut; Chicken Thigh; Windowpane; The Eerie Llama; The Chair; My Horse-hoof Soup; Castle; Fear of Coffee; Wedding Cake; The Tank; Bitter Chocolates on a Silver Tray; The Mourner; Why I Love Gyrocopters; The Tall Man; One Morning in July; Ornamental Lakes as Seen from Trains; Shoebill; Elbow; Snowdrop; Hare; It's Like a Dream; Bird; The Wall; The Edge of Town; Mole; Watcher; You Hold Me in Your Lap; Your Hair Against My Back; Fish; Skinny as a Rake; Sandbag; Ugly; Like the Flightless Birds; Goblin; The Love of Your Life; Mice; The Coat; Hands; The Hospital in Winter; Cats with Spots; Suitcase; Your Beautiful Long Hair; You Tell Me That You Love Me; The House; The Moth at Night; Cake; Bedside-locker Pig Farm; Frosty Weather; Dot; Summertime; About the Author; Copyright.
Notes:: Description based on print version record.
ISBN:: 9781780375878; 1780375875
OCLC:: 1265465629

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