Lobster: and other things Im learning to love

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A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug.

This book is written out of both hate and love for the world

As people, we are capable of both love and hate; amazement and disgust; fun and misery.

So why do we live in a world that is constantly telling us to hate, both ourselves and others We are told constantly to be repulsed by our own bodies, bodies that let us laugh and sweat and eat toast, amongst other activities; to be ashamed of pleasure; to be embarrassed by fun. In this brand-new collection, Hollie McNish brings her inimitable style to the question of what have been taught to hate, and if we might learn to love again.

'Never have we needed her more' Stylist

'I've loved her work for years' Jo Brand

'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love' Kae Tempest

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Never have we needed her more * Stylist *
One of the best poets we have -- Matt Haig
She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love -- Kae Tempest
I've loved her work for years -- Jo Brand

Author Bio

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.