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Unruly Blood

Olivia Douglass

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English
Little Betty
04 July 2024
'the song soil sweat of it knowing nothing of / a binary bondage a bountiful mess of myself / everything under the sun is changing all the / time all my skin soft lovers flocking to the / river';

Olivia Douglass’ new pamphlet takes us into the shape-shifting experiences of young selfhood, family and what it means to be between worlds. Douglass’ poetry is like a strong shot of the good stuff, an irresistible introduction to this multi-talented artist.
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Imprint:   Little Betty
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm, 
ISBN:   9781913268688
ISBN 10:   1913268683
Pages:   36
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Olivia Douglass is a British-Nigerian writer, poet and artist. A Barbican Young Poets Alumni, they self-published the pamphlet Slow Tongue in 2018. Olivia was shortlisted for the Rebecca Swift Foundation Women Poets’ Prize 2020, and was the winner of the Guardian and 4th Estate 4thWrite Prize 2022 with their short story Ink. Olivia has an MSt in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford, and writes across multiple genres and forms.

Reviews for Unruly Blood

‘The poems of Unruly Blood are careful, dangerous, sparse; full. Each space held within it sings as much as its words do, its every phrase simmers first before spilling over with untold possibility.’ Victoria Adukwei Bulley; ‘An artist of the body, in Unruly Blood, Douglass transmits physical sensation to the page with rapturous fluidity. Expressive of the joy and pain of every kind of love, their work sings with exciting originality.’ Erica Wagner; ‘Olivia Douglass is a bold, clear and original new voice and these are deep, dangerous poems.’ Brian Eno


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