Patterflash

by Adam Lowe MA

Within a collection that displays an engaging variety of language registers, both ' high' and ' low' in tone, the masking sometimes makes use of Polari, the gay street language that simultaneously reveals and conceals, excludes and invites, estranges and makes familiar. The collection connects the poet as a wry, humane observer of the scene, particularly as conducted in Manchester, and the persona of " Adam Lowe" as both actor in and narrator of his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845235592
• ISBN13: 9781845235598
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Length: 80 Pages