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This new collection from one of Britain's most innovative poets is an exploration of identity in the face of loss. At its heart is a series of poems about the desolation of miscarriage. These poems try to understand the many different means we use to come closer to articulating, and avoiding, experience. Drawing on the language of comedy, improvisation, drag and clown, interrogates humour’s role in enacting the possibility of change. A thought-provoking, irreverent and challenging book, exemplifies Chrissy Williams' ability to find 'seriousness in the apparently trivial and ephemeral' ( ). Chrissy Williams' first collection (Bloodaxe) was one of 's 50 Best Books of the Year in 2017. She has also published several pamphlets, one of which was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award. is her second full-length collection.