STEVE
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New collection:
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A man hits fifty. He grew up surrounded by a belief in progress. Now he, and the world around him, are not so sure. He creates a Utopia to comfort himself. Steve Griffiths's cycle of poems tells the story of the life and death of an imaginary utopia.
"…a book about maturity, history, mistakes, places, death, democracy, power, laughter in the dark, science in the context of these matters, glasses half full or half empty, cups overflowing and the advantages and disadvantages of this…"
The cycle began with a vision in
the
From Planet, Issue 195:
“An Elusive State is a poetic epic of time, place and language….both as invented as More’s original Utopia, and as real as the small town on Anglesey where Griffiths was born…… a distinctive, distinguished accomplishment….. truly a parable of many parallels, one for and beyond our times, and one where – most importantly – the poetry is all” Amanda Hopkinson, 2009
Here are some early responses to the manuscript:
"…let me say how much I enjoyed the manuscript – it was a real breath of fresh air – genuinely individual…" Don Paterson
"…Challenging, refreshing…the tangential world we really inhabit…ambitious, demanding and should be seen…" Robert Minhinnick
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Read extracts from Steve Griffiths' new work
a description of the work
and an audio extract
Buy the CD of Steve reading from An Elusive State: email
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