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Description
Many have called Patricia Lockwood a wordsmith, but in the latest iteration of her life, she has become, quite literally, a metalsmith too. Stones, gems, metals, fossils – she forges them into bodies, faces and, with her typical irreverence, vaginas.
In these poems, a robot dog discovers the Lascaux caves in France. Jane Austen shoots a perfect 147. A rock gets a girlfriend. The Pope blesses McLovin (kind of). Lockwood's most successful work of metal- and wordsmithing yet is her blend of the Internet world with the natural one, as she slips meme references and algospeak into evocations of geological time, explorations of organic bodies, and observations of youth.
Her most personal collection of poetry yet, you may find you understand yourself – and Patricia – more than you'd like to by the end.
Product details
| Published | 02 Mar 2027 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 160 |
| ISBN | 9781037210082 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Circus |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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[Agate Head / Stone Soup's] vivid attention to the natural world and exuberant imagination make it rewarding ... Lockwood's signature humor remains intact, surfacing through surprising juxtapositions and lively conversations
Publishers Weekly
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A book of beautiful and moving moments
The Times
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A gem of a collection ... [Lockwood's] return to poetry is a genuine event, and across Agate Head / Stone Soup there are countless moments that remind you that her poetic voice is unique: charming, whimsical, intimate; able to deliver images of great beauty, piercing philosophical insights and glimpses into a creative life behind the public persona. ... Time and again Lockwood leaves you with the distinct impression that she can magically make the profane into the profound, the holy into the hilarious
Guardian, Book of the Day
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Interspersed between reflections on millennia-old rock and long-dead poets are distinctly contemporary, quotidian experiences. ... There are repeated images: the beautiful sliced stones, her and Jason cycling on a tandem bicycle, the ghosts of dead poets
Observer
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You can hear echoes of Plath through Agate Head
New Statesman
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She's droll in every medium ... able to afford topics including Syvia Plath, milf culture, geology, AI slop and the Berenstain Bears the same levels of interest and scrutiny ... The act of cutting. The act of looking. The act of seeing. All studded with quartz and limestone and onyx
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