Michael

by Mariah Whelan

Michael by Mariah Whelan is a pamphlet-length poem that takes the form of a play. Set in a 'small town in northern England' and written with attention to the splatter of syllabic sound and a chorus of voices that 'move like water', Whelan's hybrid text recalls Ilya Kaminsky's The Deaf Republic and Dylan Thomas' celebrated Under Milk Wood . Musical and sometimes whimsical in the text's wry regard for the eponymous protagonist, Michael is a pamphlet about ghosts, grief, and longing for connection in post-Brexit Britain.

40 pages, Paperback

Published December 31, 2022