top of page
books · sale · Talia Randall
SALE
eighty two
Subtitle
Talia Randall
£9.99
£6.99
£14.00
RRP £12.00
ISBN 978-1-915760-50-0
eighty two is a collection length sequence of poetry spanning the life of a woman from 1984 to 2065. Each poem in the sequence offers a snapshot of one year. eighty two explores themes of environmental disaster, the body, alienation, and precarity. Talia Randall’s poems present a slanted view of world events - both real and imagined - through the prism of strange, tender and intimate fragments of one woman’s life. Above all, eighty two is an attempt to re-evaluate the personal, by asking: how do we make sense of the complex, chaotic and unpredictable lives we lead in a post-industrial culture?
PRAISE FOR EIGHTY TWO
Talia Randall’s poems are blessed with a scientist’s eye for detail and an artist’s sense of rebellion. In eighty two , they form a highly inventive and richly tactile ecosystem. They capture what it feels like to come of age within this gendered society, this world on fire, this plethora of hostile environments, this time when normal is to be constantly repurposing ourselves – and then to keep going, fueled with…
— Amy Acre, Mothersong
More praise ↓
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Talia Randall is a poet, performer and podcaster. Her BBC commissioned podcast Blossom Trees and Burnt Out Cars explores the question: nature is everywhere, so why isn't it for everyone? The podcast was been recommended by The Guardian and selected as Pod Bible 's 'Best Podcasts of 2022'. Talia has performed comedy, poetry and theatre across the UK including at Southbank, Bristol Old Vic, Roundhouse and Glastonbury. She is also the creator of What Words Are Ours? a poetry knees-up that features Deaf and hearing…
Read more ↓
More from the list
bottom of page