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4.69 AVERAGE
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I saw Toria Garbutt live, supporting John Cooper Clarke on tour recently and she blew me away. I’m not a huge fan of poetry normally but hers absolutely spoke to me. She tells stories in her poems that are so relatable and the imagery is exquisite.
Northern dialect in poetry? Phonetic transcription of accents? This collection was made for me, the first poem ends with a big fuck you to Thatcher, I was in heaven. It explored that hanging sensation of belonging to an in-between-place, grief, and bitterness of a tragic death that wars with innocent memories and a general coming of age in a place where cheap drugs are the only form of escapism to be had.
funny
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Toria was supporting John Cooper Clarke at Preston Guild Hall last night and she was amazing. We hadn't heard any of her spoken word before and I was immediately struck by her opener 'Subway' so we bought her book in the break.
Spoken word is obviously not made to be read at home on your sofa so I was surprised by how much I loved the poems that Toria hadn't performed last night. I guess when a poem speaks to you it's going to do so in any form.
Toria takes her own memories and makes them feel like yours. They're darkly comic because they're true. They're gritty and bittersweet and sometimes they have you reminiscing through rose tinted glasses. I'm sure I'll be picking this anthology up on a regular basis.
Spoken word is obviously not made to be read at home on your sofa so I was surprised by how much I loved the poems that Toria hadn't performed last night. I guess when a poem speaks to you it's going to do so in any form.
Toria takes her own memories and makes them feel like yours. They're darkly comic because they're true. They're gritty and bittersweet and sometimes they have you reminiscing through rose tinted glasses. I'm sure I'll be picking this anthology up on a regular basis.