Rocksong by Golnoosh Nour Robin Thomas internationally recognised as one of

internationally recognised as one of Britain’s leading contemporary poets

the deals we do to stay human in the dehumanising conditions of the twenty-first century

with hints of Lorraine Mariner and Matthew Sweeney

"The Meaning of the Blind" (1962)

In Sentenced to Life

Rocksong by Golnoosh Nour Robin Thomas internationally recognised as one ofROCKSONG is a shamelessly baroque ride through the nadirs and summits of the contemporary queer. Its a decadent book, where decadence isnt a cipher for self indulgence, but a fierce and fugitive resistance. As Audre Lorde writes We survived and survival breeds desire for more self. Or, in the glowing neon precincts of Rocksong, more selves, plural. These poems flirt and confront in turns, they seduce and attack, they are tender and grotesque. They