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Memoirs, Sociology: sexual relations, Family & relationships, Advice on parenting
The new collection of poetry and prose from the Ted Hughes Award winning author of Nobody Told Me
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, Slug is a taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN
'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG
'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love' KAE TEMPEST
The new collection of poetry and prose from the Ted Hughes Award-winning author of Nobody Told Me
From Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, Slug is a book which holds a mirror lovingly up to the world, past and present, through Hollie's driving, funny, hopeful poetry and prose. Slug is about the human condition: of birth and death and how we manage the possibilities in between.
'The inimitable words of poet/goddess Hollie McNish once again hold up honest, damn funny and refreshing takes on the everydayness of our lives . . . Never have we needed her more' STYLIST
'Hollie always articulates exactly how I feel' CHARLY COX 'A tribute to life itself' RED
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Praise for Slug: The Sunday Times Bestseller
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I love Hollie's poems. There is such raw honesty and warmth and often humour within them. She is one of the best poets we have
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An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, [Slug] is a taboo-busting delight . . . McNish's poems are direct, comic, tragic, warm, thought-provoking and often come with a sting in the tale, but her prose also flows off the page like red wine freely swilled with friends on a night out, or in . . . McNish effortlessly navigates the bitter and sweet throughout . . . There is an articulate approachability to all her writing . . . She is clear-sighted on why we need to talk about menstruation, masturbation and all sorts of gender and race inequalities, normalising these normal topics . . . McNish is eminently readable and relatable because she is both fallible and fascinating - Scotsman
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Piercing poetry . . . This is exactly what we all need. The inimitable words of poet/goddess Hollie McNish once again holds up honest, damn funny and refreshing takes on the everydayness of our lives: the social demands, sex and orgasms, our bodies, judgement from friends (and ourselves). Never have we needed her more - Stylist
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A new collection from the exciting and divisive Ted Hughes Award winning poet and author of Nobody Told Me. This time she's tackling birth, death and female body parts with her characteristic confrontational gaze - Metro (Ten gripping books to look out for in 2021)
Hollie McNish
Hollie McNish is an award-winning poet based between Cambridge and Glasgow. She is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling, Slug, Ted Hughes Award-winning Nobody Told Me and poetry collections Plum, Cherry Pie and Papers. She has also adapted Greek tragedy Antigone, and co-wrote Offside, a play, with fellow poet Sabrina Mahfouz. She loves writing.
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