Poetry: Nick Laird

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Nick Laird “has the rare ability to mate tragedy and comedy in a single line without making either side feel cheap for it” (Michael Chabon, Interview). Laird has written screenplays and three novels, as well as four books of poems. His most recent volume of poetry, Feel Free, was short-listed for the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2018. His honors include the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
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read a recent collection by this bloke, very good, very talented, if you like poetry but have not read anything new recently this is my suggestion: read William Carlos Williams because he's always new and Nick Laird because there is no argument about his novelty so you can concentrate on the poems. What?