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Clare Pollard

Clare Pollard

Changeling

Clare Pollard

Publication Date : 23 Jun 2011

ISBN: 9781852249113

Pages: 65
Size :216 x 138mm
Rights: World

Poetry Book Society Recommendation

Clare Pollard’s fourth collection is steeped in folktale and ballads, and looks at the stories we tell about ourselves. From the Pendle witch-trials in 17th-century Lancashire to the gangs of modern-day east London, Changeling takes on our myths and monsters.

These are poems of place that journey from Zennor to Whitby, Broadstairs to Brick Lane. Whether relocating the traditional ballad ‘The Twa Corbies’ to war-torn Iraq, introducing us to the bearded lady Miss Lupin, or giving us a glimpse of the ‘beast of Bolton’, Changeling is a book about our relationship with the Other: fear and trust, force and freedom.

‘As you may have guessed, I really like Clare Pollard, I really like this book Changeling, and as ever, I recommend that you read it, as there’s a lot more richness and spooky stuff.’ – Frank Skinner, Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast

‘Her work really is emphatically of our time, capturing the world in its beauties and horrors in writing that’s technically superb, but which also has what, if I was a sentimental chap, I’d call heart’ – Ian McMillan, BBC Radio 3's The Verb.

'The themes are ancient – guilt, grief, the almost unbearable com-mingling of beauty and suffering – but shown through contemporary globalised life in all its grossness and glory…Pollard’s wit, honesty and recklessness’ – Frances Leviston, Yorkshire Post.

'This fourth collection from the Bolton-born, East London-living, wildly talented young poet is a total beauty. Changeling witnesses Clare Pollard brilliantly re-rub some old English folktales and transcribe them to our own troubled times, as well as offering up some 40 of her own bewitching compositions. These leap ably between ancient lore and recent political outrage… this is proper knockout, stop-you-in-your-tracks stuff' – Dazed and Confused.

 


Clare Pollard reads from Changeling

Clare Pollard reads four poems from Changeling and talks about the book's themes. The poems are 'Tam Lin's Wife', 'Pendle', 'The Two Ravens' and 'The Caravan'. Neil Astley filmed Clare Pollard at her home in London in June 2011.


 

  

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