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We’re very happy that the Poetry Book Society (@poetrybooksociety) has selected Fatema Abdoolcarim’s 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 as their Pamphlet Choice for the spring.
In their review for the PBS Spring Bulletin, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh and Alycia Pirmohamed wrote:
In this strikingly assured and searing pamphlet, Fatema Abdoolcarim writes the intimate on bodily parchments and, in so doing, she traces the pain that a woman’s body has to endure and live in the name of fertility and motherhood. The poet pushes against vulnerability and dwells on the very meaning of a woman’s body, not as a body in isolation, but as a body in relation. What we see within the folds of these poems are rewritings of/as journeys, whereby “trembling”, both corporeally and figuratively, is a rhythmic recalibration of the body at work.
Thanks to the selectors for choosing Fatema’s work! You can order 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 via the Poetry Book Society or direct from our website.
We’re very happy that the Poetry Book Society (@poetrybooksociety) has selected Fatema Abdoolcarim’s 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 as their Pamphlet Choice for the spring.
In their review for the PBS Spring Bulletin, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh and Alycia Pirmohamed wrote:
In this strikingly assured and searing pamphlet, Fatema Abdoolcarim writes the intimate on bodily parchments and, in so doing, she traces the pain that a woman’s body has to endure and live in the name of fertility and motherhood. The poet pushes against vulnerability and dwells on the very meaning of a woman’s body, not as a body in isolation, but as a body in relation. What we see within the folds of these poems are rewritings of/as journeys, whereby “trembling”, both corporeally and figuratively, is a rhythmic recalibration of the body at work.
Thanks to the selectors for choosing Fatema’s work! You can order 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 via the Poetry Book Society or direct from our website.
We’re very happy that the Poetry Book Society (@poetrybooksociety) has selected Fatema Abdoolcarim’s 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 as their Pamphlet Choice for the spring.
In their review for the PBS Spring Bulletin, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh and Alycia Pirmohamed wrote:
In this strikingly assured and searing pamphlet, Fatema Abdoolcarim writes the intimate on bodily parchments and, in so doing, she traces the pain that a woman’s body has to endure and live in the name of fertility and motherhood. The poet pushes against vulnerability and dwells on the very meaning of a woman’s body, not as a body in isolation, but as a body in relation. What we see within the folds of these poems are rewritings of/as journeys, whereby “trembling”, both corporeally and figuratively, is a rhythmic recalibration of the body at work.
Thanks to the selectors for choosing Fatema’s work! You can order 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 via the Poetry Book Society or direct from our website.
𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥
Jazmine Linklater
29.10.2025
𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 is a long poem of protest, power and complicity. Jazmine Linklater articulates how the apparatus of Empire is encoded in the structures we live in: militarised sights set on schoolyards, bargaining arms deals with teenagers, surveilling civic squares, co-opting institutions. And yet 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 is compelled to march, to embroider, to bear witness.
The pamphlet will launch in Manchester on 29 October (@altogetherotherwise) and in London on 30 October (@burleyfisher), which are co-launch events with Fatema Abdoolcarim’s 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦. More details soon.
Jazz will also be reading in York on 22 October (℅ @nickykippaxwrites) and in Bristol on 23 October (@ebb_bristol).
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𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐’𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳
𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘣. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴
𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯
𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦
𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 –
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‘What is it to only know the word sweetheart in the language of people being killed in your name? How do we comprehend the paltriness of our gestures against genocide? The speaker of Jazmine Linklater’s 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 moves within the intimacies of complicity, not excluding themselves from the we whose taxes fund genocide, or succumbing to individualising games of guilt or absolution. The poem rather weaves then with now – how the “war on terror” normalised the murder of Arabs in the “Western” imaginary for generations. It snags constantly on irresolution, not attempting to tie anything up, but always manages to locate the right enemy.’
– Mira Mattar (@_typo83_)
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Published 29 October
Designed by Joe Hales studio (@joehalesstudio)
28pp, 170mm x 230mm
ISBN 978-1-7395424-5-0
£11 + p&p
Author 📸: @alex_macdougall
𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥
Jazmine Linklater
29.10.2025
𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 is a long poem of protest, power and complicity. Jazmine Linklater articulates how the apparatus of Empire is encoded in the structures we live in: militarised sights set on schoolyards, bargaining arms deals with teenagers, surveilling civic squares, co-opting institutions. And yet 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 is compelled to march, to embroider, to bear witness.
The pamphlet will launch in Manchester on 29 October (@altogetherotherwise) and in London on 30 October (@burleyfisher), which are co-launch events with Fatema Abdoolcarim’s 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦. More details soon.
Jazz will also be reading in York on 22 October (℅ @nickykippaxwrites) and in Bristol on 23 October (@ebb_bristol).
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𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐’𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳
𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘣. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴
𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯
𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦
𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 –
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‘What is it to only know the word sweetheart in the language of people being killed in your name? How do we comprehend the paltriness of our gestures against genocide? The speaker of Jazmine Linklater’s 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 moves within the intimacies of complicity, not excluding themselves from the we whose taxes fund genocide, or succumbing to individualising games of guilt or absolution. The poem rather weaves then with now – how the “war on terror” normalised the murder of Arabs in the “Western” imaginary for generations. It snags constantly on irresolution, not attempting to tie anything up, but always manages to locate the right enemy.’
– Mira Mattar (@_typo83_)
•
Published 29 October
Designed by Joe Hales studio (@joehalesstudio)
28pp, 170mm x 230mm
ISBN 978-1-7395424-5-0
£11 + p&p
Author 📸: @alex_macdougall
𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥
Jazmine Linklater
29.10.2025
𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 is a long poem of protest, power and complicity. Jazmine Linklater articulates how the apparatus of Empire is encoded in the structures we live in: militarised sights set on schoolyards, bargaining arms deals with teenagers, surveilling civic squares, co-opting institutions. And yet 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 is compelled to march, to embroider, to bear witness.
The pamphlet will launch in Manchester on 29 October (@altogetherotherwise) and in London on 30 October (@burleyfisher), which are co-launch events with Fatema Abdoolcarim’s 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦. More details soon.
Jazz will also be reading in York on 22 October (℅ @nickykippaxwrites) and in Bristol on 23 October (@ebb_bristol).
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𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐’𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳
𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘣. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴
𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯
𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦
𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 –
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‘What is it to only know the word sweetheart in the language of people being killed in your name? How do we comprehend the paltriness of our gestures against genocide? The speaker of Jazmine Linklater’s 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 moves within the intimacies of complicity, not excluding themselves from the we whose taxes fund genocide, or succumbing to individualising games of guilt or absolution. The poem rather weaves then with now – how the “war on terror” normalised the murder of Arabs in the “Western” imaginary for generations. It snags constantly on irresolution, not attempting to tie anything up, but always manages to locate the right enemy.’
– Mira Mattar (@_typo83_)
•
Published 29 October
Designed by Joe Hales studio (@joehalesstudio)
28pp, 170mm x 230mm
ISBN 978-1-7395424-5-0
£11 + p&p
Author 📸: @alex_macdougall
It’s been wonderful to see the response so far to 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 by Remi Graves, which Monitor published earlier in the summer. We’re looking forward to sharing details of Remi’s autumn tour very soon.
𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 was one of the winners of the Prototype Prize 2024, along with @frankrjagoe’s 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, which publishes next month and which you can now pre-order via @prototypepubs.
You can order 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 through our website and bookshops can now order copies via our distributor @public_knowledge_books.
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‘This is an exquisitely poised and sensitive collection of poems. In their search for Paul Downing, Remi Graves takes us beyond the archives into a dream-like elsewhere that admits the impossibility of retrieval, and yet manages to conjure Paul, fleetingly, respectfully, and somehow consensually. Each piece is a radical act of language, love, kinship and attention, and this collection is unmissable, sublime.’
– Fiona Benson
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Blackfriars Bridge, 1905. A Black Cherokee man looking for his wife is arrested and charged as a ‘wandering lunatic’. In the City of London asylum, he is photographed; looking directly at the camera, he insists and refuses. He dies in the asylum one year later.
In the absence of Paul Downing’s own account, Remi Graves writes from and into the trans archive, presenting a sequence of poems and experiments mapping resonances between selves across historical records. Through river crossings and library passes, chance meetings and visitations, 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 is a document that interrogates what we do with the scattered fragments of a life.
Designed by @s_s_whetton / @designprintbind
Book photography: @liam_chilton
Author photo: Tate / Jordan Anderson
It’s been wonderful to see the response so far to 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 by Remi Graves, which Monitor published earlier in the summer. We’re looking forward to sharing details of Remi’s autumn tour very soon.
𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 was one of the winners of the Prototype Prize 2024, along with @frankrjagoe’s 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, which publishes next month and which you can now pre-order via @prototypepubs.
You can order 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 through our website and bookshops can now order copies via our distributor @public_knowledge_books.
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‘This is an exquisitely poised and sensitive collection of poems. In their search for Paul Downing, Remi Graves takes us beyond the archives into a dream-like elsewhere that admits the impossibility of retrieval, and yet manages to conjure Paul, fleetingly, respectfully, and somehow consensually. Each piece is a radical act of language, love, kinship and attention, and this collection is unmissable, sublime.’
– Fiona Benson
•
Blackfriars Bridge, 1905. A Black Cherokee man looking for his wife is arrested and charged as a ‘wandering lunatic’. In the City of London asylum, he is photographed; looking directly at the camera, he insists and refuses. He dies in the asylum one year later.
In the absence of Paul Downing’s own account, Remi Graves writes from and into the trans archive, presenting a sequence of poems and experiments mapping resonances between selves across historical records. Through river crossings and library passes, chance meetings and visitations, 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 is a document that interrogates what we do with the scattered fragments of a life.
Designed by @s_s_whetton / @designprintbind
Book photography: @liam_chilton
Author photo: Tate / Jordan Anderson
It’s been wonderful to see the response so far to 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 by Remi Graves, which Monitor published earlier in the summer. We’re looking forward to sharing details of Remi’s autumn tour very soon.
𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 was one of the winners of the Prototype Prize 2024, along with @frankrjagoe’s 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, which publishes next month and which you can now pre-order via @prototypepubs.
You can order 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 through our website and bookshops can now order copies via our distributor @public_knowledge_books.
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‘This is an exquisitely poised and sensitive collection of poems. In their search for Paul Downing, Remi Graves takes us beyond the archives into a dream-like elsewhere that admits the impossibility of retrieval, and yet manages to conjure Paul, fleetingly, respectfully, and somehow consensually. Each piece is a radical act of language, love, kinship and attention, and this collection is unmissable, sublime.’
– Fiona Benson
•
Blackfriars Bridge, 1905. A Black Cherokee man looking for his wife is arrested and charged as a ‘wandering lunatic’. In the City of London asylum, he is photographed; looking directly at the camera, he insists and refuses. He dies in the asylum one year later.
In the absence of Paul Downing’s own account, Remi Graves writes from and into the trans archive, presenting a sequence of poems and experiments mapping resonances between selves across historical records. Through river crossings and library passes, chance meetings and visitations, 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 is a document that interrogates what we do with the scattered fragments of a life.
Designed by @s_s_whetton / @designprintbind
Book photography: @liam_chilton
Author photo: Tate / Jordan Anderson
It’s been wonderful to see the response so far to 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 by Remi Graves, which Monitor published earlier in the summer. We’re looking forward to sharing details of Remi’s autumn tour very soon.
𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 was one of the winners of the Prototype Prize 2024, along with @frankrjagoe’s 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, which publishes next month and which you can now pre-order via @prototypepubs.
You can order 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 through our website and bookshops can now order copies via our distributor @public_knowledge_books.
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‘This is an exquisitely poised and sensitive collection of poems. In their search for Paul Downing, Remi Graves takes us beyond the archives into a dream-like elsewhere that admits the impossibility of retrieval, and yet manages to conjure Paul, fleetingly, respectfully, and somehow consensually. Each piece is a radical act of language, love, kinship and attention, and this collection is unmissable, sublime.’
– Fiona Benson
•
Blackfriars Bridge, 1905. A Black Cherokee man looking for his wife is arrested and charged as a ‘wandering lunatic’. In the City of London asylum, he is photographed; looking directly at the camera, he insists and refuses. He dies in the asylum one year later.
In the absence of Paul Downing’s own account, Remi Graves writes from and into the trans archive, presenting a sequence of poems and experiments mapping resonances between selves across historical records. Through river crossings and library passes, chance meetings and visitations, 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 is a document that interrogates what we do with the scattered fragments of a life.
Designed by @s_s_whetton / @designprintbind
Book photography: @liam_chilton
Author photo: Tate / Jordan Anderson
It’s been wonderful to see the response so far to 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 by Remi Graves, which Monitor published earlier in the summer. We’re looking forward to sharing details of Remi’s autumn tour very soon.
𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 was one of the winners of the Prototype Prize 2024, along with @frankrjagoe’s 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, which publishes next month and which you can now pre-order via @prototypepubs.
You can order 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 through our website and bookshops can now order copies via our distributor @public_knowledge_books.
•
‘This is an exquisitely poised and sensitive collection of poems. In their search for Paul Downing, Remi Graves takes us beyond the archives into a dream-like elsewhere that admits the impossibility of retrieval, and yet manages to conjure Paul, fleetingly, respectfully, and somehow consensually. Each piece is a radical act of language, love, kinship and attention, and this collection is unmissable, sublime.’
– Fiona Benson
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Blackfriars Bridge, 1905. A Black Cherokee man looking for his wife is arrested and charged as a ‘wandering lunatic’. In the City of London asylum, he is photographed; looking directly at the camera, he insists and refuses. He dies in the asylum one year later.
In the absence of Paul Downing’s own account, Remi Graves writes from and into the trans archive, presenting a sequence of poems and experiments mapping resonances between selves across historical records. Through river crossings and library passes, chance meetings and visitations, 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 is a document that interrogates what we do with the scattered fragments of a life.
Designed by @s_s_whetton / @designprintbind
Book photography: @liam_chilton
Author photo: Tate / Jordan Anderson
It’s been wonderful to see the response so far to 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 by Remi Graves, which Monitor published earlier in the summer. We’re looking forward to sharing details of Remi’s autumn tour very soon.
𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 was one of the winners of the Prototype Prize 2024, along with @frankrjagoe’s 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, which publishes next month and which you can now pre-order via @prototypepubs.
You can order 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 through our website and bookshops can now order copies via our distributor @public_knowledge_books.
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‘This is an exquisitely poised and sensitive collection of poems. In their search for Paul Downing, Remi Graves takes us beyond the archives into a dream-like elsewhere that admits the impossibility of retrieval, and yet manages to conjure Paul, fleetingly, respectfully, and somehow consensually. Each piece is a radical act of language, love, kinship and attention, and this collection is unmissable, sublime.’
– Fiona Benson
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Blackfriars Bridge, 1905. A Black Cherokee man looking for his wife is arrested and charged as a ‘wandering lunatic’. In the City of London asylum, he is photographed; looking directly at the camera, he insists and refuses. He dies in the asylum one year later.
In the absence of Paul Downing’s own account, Remi Graves writes from and into the trans archive, presenting a sequence of poems and experiments mapping resonances between selves across historical records. Through river crossings and library passes, chance meetings and visitations, 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭 is a document that interrogates what we do with the scattered fragments of a life.
Designed by @s_s_whetton / @designprintbind
Book photography: @liam_chilton
Author photo: Tate / Jordan Anderson
Lila Matsumoto
Fatema Abdoolcarim
24 June, 7pm
East Bristol Books
12 West St
Old Market
Bristol BS2 0BH
Join us for the Bristol launch of Lila Matsumoto’s 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, with very special guest Fatema Abdoolcarim, author of 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 (Monitor, 2025).
Link to tickets in our bio
Poster by Rei
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Lila Matsumoto’s publications include 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 (Prototype, 2021), which was commended for the Forward Poetry Prize and recommended by the Poetry Book Society, 𝘜𝘳𝘯 & 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘮 (Shearsman, 2018), and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (In Other Words, 2024). She plays in the band Food People and teaches creative writing and poetics at the University of Nottingham. 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 (Monitor, 2026) is her third collection.
Fatema Abdoolcarim is an Indian-Pakistani Hong Konger who makes films and writes. Her films have been shown internationally, including at Locarno Film Festival, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and Osaka Asian Film Festival. 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 is her debut collection of poetry. She lives in the Baltic Sea, on the island of Bornholm.
𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, the third collection by Lila Matsumoto, is published today. We’re very excited for you to read this innovative, indelible work by one of the best poets writing in the UK.
Order now via our website — early orderers will receive a set of ltd edition postcards.
The book has been designed with exquisite care by Joe Hales. Thanks to Joe, to Lila, to Jess Chandler, and the writers who have endorsed the book — excerpts from their endorsements above.
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Everyone is invited to Lila’s forthcoming events:
This Saturday, 23 May, at @fruitmarketgallery, Edinburgh, with Colin Herd
Saturday 6 June at @hundred_years_gallery, London, with Vicky Sparrow and Jessica Higgins
Wednesday 24 June, @ebb_bristol, Bristol, with Fatema Abdoolcarim
Saturday 27 June, @beam.art.books.coffee, Nottingham, with Jazmine Linklater and Alan Fielden.
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In 1990, a girl moves to the USA. She goes to school, learns English, becomes an American citizen, and aspires to become a writer. But what is she to make of the extravagance, bombast, and damage she encounters in the new country’s language and customs? And what about the shrink-wrapped hunks of frozen meat, hurricanes, and the cat-eye marbles scattered on the road?
Hugely pleasurable, in turns funny and dolorous, 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 examines how the act of writing declares a selfhood, but one that is always performative, looped, and curlicued.
𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, the third collection by Lila Matsumoto, is published today. We’re very excited for you to read this innovative, indelible work by one of the best poets writing in the UK.
Order now via our website — early orderers will receive a set of ltd edition postcards.
The book has been designed with exquisite care by Joe Hales. Thanks to Joe, to Lila, to Jess Chandler, and the writers who have endorsed the book — excerpts from their endorsements above.
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Everyone is invited to Lila’s forthcoming events:
This Saturday, 23 May, at @fruitmarketgallery, Edinburgh, with Colin Herd
Saturday 6 June at @hundred_years_gallery, London, with Vicky Sparrow and Jessica Higgins
Wednesday 24 June, @ebb_bristol, Bristol, with Fatema Abdoolcarim
Saturday 27 June, @beam.art.books.coffee, Nottingham, with Jazmine Linklater and Alan Fielden.
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In 1990, a girl moves to the USA. She goes to school, learns English, becomes an American citizen, and aspires to become a writer. But what is she to make of the extravagance, bombast, and damage she encounters in the new country’s language and customs? And what about the shrink-wrapped hunks of frozen meat, hurricanes, and the cat-eye marbles scattered on the road?
Hugely pleasurable, in turns funny and dolorous, 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 examines how the act of writing declares a selfhood, but one that is always performative, looped, and curlicued.
𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, the third collection by Lila Matsumoto, is published today. We’re very excited for you to read this innovative, indelible work by one of the best poets writing in the UK.
Order now via our website — early orderers will receive a set of ltd edition postcards.
The book has been designed with exquisite care by Joe Hales. Thanks to Joe, to Lila, to Jess Chandler, and the writers who have endorsed the book — excerpts from their endorsements above.
*
Everyone is invited to Lila’s forthcoming events:
This Saturday, 23 May, at @fruitmarketgallery, Edinburgh, with Colin Herd
Saturday 6 June at @hundred_years_gallery, London, with Vicky Sparrow and Jessica Higgins
Wednesday 24 June, @ebb_bristol, Bristol, with Fatema Abdoolcarim
Saturday 27 June, @beam.art.books.coffee, Nottingham, with Jazmine Linklater and Alan Fielden.
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In 1990, a girl moves to the USA. She goes to school, learns English, becomes an American citizen, and aspires to become a writer. But what is she to make of the extravagance, bombast, and damage she encounters in the new country’s language and customs? And what about the shrink-wrapped hunks of frozen meat, hurricanes, and the cat-eye marbles scattered on the road?
Hugely pleasurable, in turns funny and dolorous, 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 examines how the act of writing declares a selfhood, but one that is always performative, looped, and curlicued.
𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, the third collection by Lila Matsumoto, is published today. We’re very excited for you to read this innovative, indelible work by one of the best poets writing in the UK.
Order now via our website — early orderers will receive a set of ltd edition postcards.
The book has been designed with exquisite care by Joe Hales. Thanks to Joe, to Lila, to Jess Chandler, and the writers who have endorsed the book — excerpts from their endorsements above.
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Everyone is invited to Lila’s forthcoming events:
This Saturday, 23 May, at @fruitmarketgallery, Edinburgh, with Colin Herd
Saturday 6 June at @hundred_years_gallery, London, with Vicky Sparrow and Jessica Higgins
Wednesday 24 June, @ebb_bristol, Bristol, with Fatema Abdoolcarim
Saturday 27 June, @beam.art.books.coffee, Nottingham, with Jazmine Linklater and Alan Fielden.
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In 1990, a girl moves to the USA. She goes to school, learns English, becomes an American citizen, and aspires to become a writer. But what is she to make of the extravagance, bombast, and damage she encounters in the new country’s language and customs? And what about the shrink-wrapped hunks of frozen meat, hurricanes, and the cat-eye marbles scattered on the road?
Hugely pleasurable, in turns funny and dolorous, 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 examines how the act of writing declares a selfhood, but one that is always performative, looped, and curlicued.
𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, the third collection by Lila Matsumoto, is published today. We’re very excited for you to read this innovative, indelible work by one of the best poets writing in the UK.
Order now via our website — early orderers will receive a set of ltd edition postcards.
The book has been designed with exquisite care by Joe Hales. Thanks to Joe, to Lila, to Jess Chandler, and the writers who have endorsed the book — excerpts from their endorsements above.
*
Everyone is invited to Lila’s forthcoming events:
This Saturday, 23 May, at @fruitmarketgallery, Edinburgh, with Colin Herd
Saturday 6 June at @hundred_years_gallery, London, with Vicky Sparrow and Jessica Higgins
Wednesday 24 June, @ebb_bristol, Bristol, with Fatema Abdoolcarim
Saturday 27 June, @beam.art.books.coffee, Nottingham, with Jazmine Linklater and Alan Fielden.
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In 1990, a girl moves to the USA. She goes to school, learns English, becomes an American citizen, and aspires to become a writer. But what is she to make of the extravagance, bombast, and damage she encounters in the new country’s language and customs? And what about the shrink-wrapped hunks of frozen meat, hurricanes, and the cat-eye marbles scattered on the road?
Hugely pleasurable, in turns funny and dolorous, 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 examines how the act of writing declares a selfhood, but one that is always performative, looped, and curlicued.
Join us next Saturday as we launch two books from Lila Matsumoto and Colin Herd.
Talk a Blue Streak, Lila Matsumoto’s third collection, is an innovative experiment in poetic memoir and storytelling.
In Colin Herd’s, Aquafaba, poetry is figured as the slushy, hokey, surfeit fluid we knock about in as we leach our own emotional starch.
23.05.26. 6:30-8pm. Free. Book via the link in our bio.
Poster by Lila’s daughter, Rei.
Lila Matsumoto’s 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is published on 21 May.
You can pre-order the book now, which will arrive with limited edition postcards. Thank you for pre-orders so far.
More details soon of events in Edinburgh, Bristol, London, Nottingham. In the meantime, happy to share further endorsements…
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‘What do you get the wow of? What kind of beauty compels you to speak? How do we learn to notice it to one another? Matsumoto roves across “a movie set called America” in search of wonder, finding it not in sunsets, monuments or institutions, but in supermarkets, house shows, video games and especially the crystalline fly-tipping suspended beneath a frozen pond – bootlegged, cut-price, bulk-bought, ultra-processed, ultra-perfect. She pursues “things before they harden into emblems”, before they hang together in the usual ways. 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is about girlhood, friendship, and becoming yourself between registers and alongside someone else.’
— Jennifer Hodgson (@jennifer_hodgson_)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬’s speakers are beset by other people’s language, sat in it, “in the thrall” of it. Living is a stream of audio interruptions writing cannot soothe; living, writing – swap those terms around. But even if we’re subjected to administered language’s “gawky big marbles” in the mouth, or struggling to reproduce the conditions for life, we can still look to objects – a sweet-pea’s “unfurled earlobe pink”, “glommed” windshield bugs – and, coursing beneath artifice, there’s a “shambolic and candied jamboree” constantly streaming from the headphones anyway: in Lila ’s poems it’s this road-tripping DIY “jangly lo-fi insurgency” that I love the most.’
— Tom Betteridge (@tttombbb)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘈 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is a captivating collection that pulses with vivid imagery and raw emotion. With lyrical precision, it captures fleeting moments and deep reflections, inviting readers into a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. A thought-provoking, soul-stirring read making the familiar feel new and the fleeting moments of life linger long after the final word.’
— Peter Gizzi (@p.g.gizzi)
Lila Matsumoto’s 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is published on 21 May.
You can pre-order the book now, which will arrive with limited edition postcards. Thank you for pre-orders so far.
More details soon of events in Edinburgh, Bristol, London, Nottingham. In the meantime, happy to share further endorsements…
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‘What do you get the wow of? What kind of beauty compels you to speak? How do we learn to notice it to one another? Matsumoto roves across “a movie set called America” in search of wonder, finding it not in sunsets, monuments or institutions, but in supermarkets, house shows, video games and especially the crystalline fly-tipping suspended beneath a frozen pond – bootlegged, cut-price, bulk-bought, ultra-processed, ultra-perfect. She pursues “things before they harden into emblems”, before they hang together in the usual ways. 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is about girlhood, friendship, and becoming yourself between registers and alongside someone else.’
— Jennifer Hodgson (@jennifer_hodgson_)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬’s speakers are beset by other people’s language, sat in it, “in the thrall” of it. Living is a stream of audio interruptions writing cannot soothe; living, writing – swap those terms around. But even if we’re subjected to administered language’s “gawky big marbles” in the mouth, or struggling to reproduce the conditions for life, we can still look to objects – a sweet-pea’s “unfurled earlobe pink”, “glommed” windshield bugs – and, coursing beneath artifice, there’s a “shambolic and candied jamboree” constantly streaming from the headphones anyway: in Lila ’s poems it’s this road-tripping DIY “jangly lo-fi insurgency” that I love the most.’
— Tom Betteridge (@tttombbb)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘈 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is a captivating collection that pulses with vivid imagery and raw emotion. With lyrical precision, it captures fleeting moments and deep reflections, inviting readers into a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. A thought-provoking, soul-stirring read making the familiar feel new and the fleeting moments of life linger long after the final word.’
— Peter Gizzi (@p.g.gizzi)
Lila Matsumoto’s 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is published on 21 May.
You can pre-order the book now, which will arrive with limited edition postcards. Thank you for pre-orders so far.
More details soon of events in Edinburgh, Bristol, London, Nottingham. In the meantime, happy to share further endorsements…
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‘What do you get the wow of? What kind of beauty compels you to speak? How do we learn to notice it to one another? Matsumoto roves across “a movie set called America” in search of wonder, finding it not in sunsets, monuments or institutions, but in supermarkets, house shows, video games and especially the crystalline fly-tipping suspended beneath a frozen pond – bootlegged, cut-price, bulk-bought, ultra-processed, ultra-perfect. She pursues “things before they harden into emblems”, before they hang together in the usual ways. 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is about girlhood, friendship, and becoming yourself between registers and alongside someone else.’
— Jennifer Hodgson (@jennifer_hodgson_)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬’s speakers are beset by other people’s language, sat in it, “in the thrall” of it. Living is a stream of audio interruptions writing cannot soothe; living, writing – swap those terms around. But even if we’re subjected to administered language’s “gawky big marbles” in the mouth, or struggling to reproduce the conditions for life, we can still look to objects – a sweet-pea’s “unfurled earlobe pink”, “glommed” windshield bugs – and, coursing beneath artifice, there’s a “shambolic and candied jamboree” constantly streaming from the headphones anyway: in Lila ’s poems it’s this road-tripping DIY “jangly lo-fi insurgency” that I love the most.’
— Tom Betteridge (@tttombbb)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘈 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is a captivating collection that pulses with vivid imagery and raw emotion. With lyrical precision, it captures fleeting moments and deep reflections, inviting readers into a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. A thought-provoking, soul-stirring read making the familiar feel new and the fleeting moments of life linger long after the final word.’
— Peter Gizzi (@p.g.gizzi)
Lila Matsumoto’s 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is published on 21 May.
You can pre-order the book now, which will arrive with limited edition postcards. Thank you for pre-orders so far.
More details soon of events in Edinburgh, Bristol, London, Nottingham. In the meantime, happy to share further endorsements…
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‘What do you get the wow of? What kind of beauty compels you to speak? How do we learn to notice it to one another? Matsumoto roves across “a movie set called America” in search of wonder, finding it not in sunsets, monuments or institutions, but in supermarkets, house shows, video games and especially the crystalline fly-tipping suspended beneath a frozen pond – bootlegged, cut-price, bulk-bought, ultra-processed, ultra-perfect. She pursues “things before they harden into emblems”, before they hang together in the usual ways. 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is about girlhood, friendship, and becoming yourself between registers and alongside someone else.’
— Jennifer Hodgson (@jennifer_hodgson_)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬’s speakers are beset by other people’s language, sat in it, “in the thrall” of it. Living is a stream of audio interruptions writing cannot soothe; living, writing – swap those terms around. But even if we’re subjected to administered language’s “gawky big marbles” in the mouth, or struggling to reproduce the conditions for life, we can still look to objects – a sweet-pea’s “unfurled earlobe pink”, “glommed” windshield bugs – and, coursing beneath artifice, there’s a “shambolic and candied jamboree” constantly streaming from the headphones anyway: in Lila ’s poems it’s this road-tripping DIY “jangly lo-fi insurgency” that I love the most.’
— Tom Betteridge (@tttombbb)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘈 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is a captivating collection that pulses with vivid imagery and raw emotion. With lyrical precision, it captures fleeting moments and deep reflections, inviting readers into a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. A thought-provoking, soul-stirring read making the familiar feel new and the fleeting moments of life linger long after the final word.’
— Peter Gizzi (@p.g.gizzi)
Lila Matsumoto’s 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is published on 21 May.
You can pre-order the book now, which will arrive with limited edition postcards. Thank you for pre-orders so far.
More details soon of events in Edinburgh, Bristol, London, Nottingham. In the meantime, happy to share further endorsements…
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‘What do you get the wow of? What kind of beauty compels you to speak? How do we learn to notice it to one another? Matsumoto roves across “a movie set called America” in search of wonder, finding it not in sunsets, monuments or institutions, but in supermarkets, house shows, video games and especially the crystalline fly-tipping suspended beneath a frozen pond – bootlegged, cut-price, bulk-bought, ultra-processed, ultra-perfect. She pursues “things before they harden into emblems”, before they hang together in the usual ways. 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is about girlhood, friendship, and becoming yourself between registers and alongside someone else.’
— Jennifer Hodgson (@jennifer_hodgson_)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬’s speakers are beset by other people’s language, sat in it, “in the thrall” of it. Living is a stream of audio interruptions writing cannot soothe; living, writing – swap those terms around. But even if we’re subjected to administered language’s “gawky big marbles” in the mouth, or struggling to reproduce the conditions for life, we can still look to objects – a sweet-pea’s “unfurled earlobe pink”, “glommed” windshield bugs – and, coursing beneath artifice, there’s a “shambolic and candied jamboree” constantly streaming from the headphones anyway: in Lila ’s poems it’s this road-tripping DIY “jangly lo-fi insurgency” that I love the most.’
— Tom Betteridge (@tttombbb)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘈 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is a captivating collection that pulses with vivid imagery and raw emotion. With lyrical precision, it captures fleeting moments and deep reflections, inviting readers into a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. A thought-provoking, soul-stirring read making the familiar feel new and the fleeting moments of life linger long after the final word.’
— Peter Gizzi (@p.g.gizzi)
Join us for the London launch of 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 on Saturday 6 June, from 7pm.
With readings from Lila Matsumoto, Vicky Sparrow, and Jessica Higgins.
Hundred Years Gallery
13 Pearson St
London E2 8JD
£5 suggested donation
Poster by Rei
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Lila Matsumoto’s publications include 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 (Prototype, 2021), which was commended for the Forward Poetry Prize and recommended by the Poetry Book Society, 𝘜𝘳𝘯 & 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘮 (Shearsman, 2018), and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (In Other Words, 2024). She plays in the band Food People and teaches creative writing and poetics at the University of Nottingham. 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 (Monitor, 2026) is her third collection.
Vicky Sparrow works across poetry, sound, performance and criticism. Her poetry collections are 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴 (RunAmok, 2023) and 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 (Zarf, 2016); and her writing appears in 𝘝𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵, 𝘓𝘶𝘥𝘥 𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘨, 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢.𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵, 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥, and elsewhere. Vicky teaches literature at the University of Nottingham and lives in South London.
Jessica Higgins (@jessica_higgins_) is an artist and writer working primarily in performance, film, sound and text, she is interested in the voice and its entanglement in social infrastructures, as well as the form and question of performance. She has shown her work at, or as part of, Radiophrenia; Edinburgh Art Festival; Supernormal; Glasgow International Festival; David Dale Gallery; Castlefield Gallery; LUX Artist Moving Image Festival and Glasgow Film Festival. She also writes essays, fiction and poetry about other artists, music and films, and is one half of the band Guests (@by_guests).
You can now pre-order Lila Matsumoto’s 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, which is published in a month’s time on 21 May. Pre-orders will include limited edition postcards.
Also excited to share some of the endorsements for 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬:
‘A perfect vision of writing as mise-en-scène, where sites or stages or snapshots both synthetic and synthesising keep us asking – what is “real life”? Matsumoto’s intense focus on the particularity of the world of things, and her continual rearrangements of objects that also keep time, make her one of our great contemporary not-so-still life artists.’
— Lucy Mercer (@__l__m___)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is a deep rummage through Lila Matsumoto’s memory box of acquired US cultural observation. Lila’s elliptical, humorous text takes the uncanny and absurd virtu of a sun-faded, plastic, alien culture and spreads it out on the yard sale rug for all to see.’
— Graham Lambkin (@graham_lambkin)
‘Reading these poems and stories feels like studying one’s reflection by the smears in a mirror or the hoar on a frozen lake; we can’t see ourselves or comprehend our lives by looking directly, but by recollecting the weird trajectories of our effects, our wayward sequences. Reading the poems made me feel like I was having the best, funniest, most profound conversation with a friend, the two of us suspended in a dewdrop-kitchen as the world-party goes on around us. It made me feel like I love my funny friend, that this moment talking together is the distillation of all I could ask of life.’
— Nisha Ramayya (@headslice)
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Link to order in our bio.
You can now pre-order Lila Matsumoto’s 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, which is published in a month’s time on 21 May. Pre-orders will include limited edition postcards.
Also excited to share some of the endorsements for 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬:
‘A perfect vision of writing as mise-en-scène, where sites or stages or snapshots both synthetic and synthesising keep us asking – what is “real life”? Matsumoto’s intense focus on the particularity of the world of things, and her continual rearrangements of objects that also keep time, make her one of our great contemporary not-so-still life artists.’
— Lucy Mercer (@__l__m___)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is a deep rummage through Lila Matsumoto’s memory box of acquired US cultural observation. Lila’s elliptical, humorous text takes the uncanny and absurd virtu of a sun-faded, plastic, alien culture and spreads it out on the yard sale rug for all to see.’
— Graham Lambkin (@graham_lambkin)
‘Reading these poems and stories feels like studying one’s reflection by the smears in a mirror or the hoar on a frozen lake; we can’t see ourselves or comprehend our lives by looking directly, but by recollecting the weird trajectories of our effects, our wayward sequences. Reading the poems made me feel like I was having the best, funniest, most profound conversation with a friend, the two of us suspended in a dewdrop-kitchen as the world-party goes on around us. It made me feel like I love my funny friend, that this moment talking together is the distillation of all I could ask of life.’
— Nisha Ramayya (@headslice)
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Link to order in our bio.
You can now pre-order Lila Matsumoto’s 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, which is published in a month’s time on 21 May. Pre-orders will include limited edition postcards.
Also excited to share some of the endorsements for 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬:
‘A perfect vision of writing as mise-en-scène, where sites or stages or snapshots both synthetic and synthesising keep us asking – what is “real life”? Matsumoto’s intense focus on the particularity of the world of things, and her continual rearrangements of objects that also keep time, make her one of our great contemporary not-so-still life artists.’
— Lucy Mercer (@__l__m___)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is a deep rummage through Lila Matsumoto’s memory box of acquired US cultural observation. Lila’s elliptical, humorous text takes the uncanny and absurd virtu of a sun-faded, plastic, alien culture and spreads it out on the yard sale rug for all to see.’
— Graham Lambkin (@graham_lambkin)
‘Reading these poems and stories feels like studying one’s reflection by the smears in a mirror or the hoar on a frozen lake; we can’t see ourselves or comprehend our lives by looking directly, but by recollecting the weird trajectories of our effects, our wayward sequences. Reading the poems made me feel like I was having the best, funniest, most profound conversation with a friend, the two of us suspended in a dewdrop-kitchen as the world-party goes on around us. It made me feel like I love my funny friend, that this moment talking together is the distillation of all I could ask of life.’
— Nisha Ramayya (@headslice)
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Link to order in our bio.
You can now pre-order Lila Matsumoto’s 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, which is published in a month’s time on 21 May. Pre-orders will include limited edition postcards.
Also excited to share some of the endorsements for 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬:
‘A perfect vision of writing as mise-en-scène, where sites or stages or snapshots both synthetic and synthesising keep us asking – what is “real life”? Matsumoto’s intense focus on the particularity of the world of things, and her continual rearrangements of objects that also keep time, make her one of our great contemporary not-so-still life artists.’
— Lucy Mercer (@__l__m___)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is a deep rummage through Lila Matsumoto’s memory box of acquired US cultural observation. Lila’s elliptical, humorous text takes the uncanny and absurd virtu of a sun-faded, plastic, alien culture and spreads it out on the yard sale rug for all to see.’
— Graham Lambkin (@graham_lambkin)
‘Reading these poems and stories feels like studying one’s reflection by the smears in a mirror or the hoar on a frozen lake; we can’t see ourselves or comprehend our lives by looking directly, but by recollecting the weird trajectories of our effects, our wayward sequences. Reading the poems made me feel like I was having the best, funniest, most profound conversation with a friend, the two of us suspended in a dewdrop-kitchen as the world-party goes on around us. It made me feel like I love my funny friend, that this moment talking together is the distillation of all I could ask of life.’
— Nisha Ramayya (@headslice)
•
Link to order in our bio.
You can now pre-order Lila Matsumoto’s 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, which is published in a month’s time on 21 May. Pre-orders will include limited edition postcards.
Also excited to share some of the endorsements for 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬:
‘A perfect vision of writing as mise-en-scène, where sites or stages or snapshots both synthetic and synthesising keep us asking – what is “real life”? Matsumoto’s intense focus on the particularity of the world of things, and her continual rearrangements of objects that also keep time, make her one of our great contemporary not-so-still life artists.’
— Lucy Mercer (@__l__m___)
‘𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 is a deep rummage through Lila Matsumoto’s memory box of acquired US cultural observation. Lila’s elliptical, humorous text takes the uncanny and absurd virtu of a sun-faded, plastic, alien culture and spreads it out on the yard sale rug for all to see.’
— Graham Lambkin (@graham_lambkin)
‘Reading these poems and stories feels like studying one’s reflection by the smears in a mirror or the hoar on a frozen lake; we can’t see ourselves or comprehend our lives by looking directly, but by recollecting the weird trajectories of our effects, our wayward sequences. Reading the poems made me feel like I was having the best, funniest, most profound conversation with a friend, the two of us suspended in a dewdrop-kitchen as the world-party goes on around us. It made me feel like I love my funny friend, that this moment talking together is the distillation of all I could ask of life.’
— Nisha Ramayya (@headslice)
•
Link to order in our bio.
𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬
Lila Matsumoto
21 May 2026
In May, Monitor will publish 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, the third collection by Lila Matsumoto. We’re very excited to share this work with you. The book will be available to pre-order soon, with details of UK launch events this summer.
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In 1990, a girl moves to the USA. She goes to school, learns English, becomes an American citizen, and aspires to become a writer. But what is she to make of the extravagance, bombast, and damage she encounters in the new country’s language and customs? And what about the shrink-wrapped hunks of frozen meat, hurricanes, and the cat-eye marbles scattered on the road? Hugely pleasurable, in turns funny and dolorous, 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 examines how the act of writing declares a selfhood, but one that is always performative, looped, and curlicued.
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Lila Matsumoto’s publications include 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 (Prototype, 2021), which was shortlisted for the Forward Poetry Prize and recommended by the Poetry Book Society, 𝘜𝘳𝘯 & 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘮 (Shearsman, 2018), and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (In Other Words, 2024). She plays in the band Food People and teaches creative writing and poetics at the University of Nottingham.
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Designed by @joehalesstudio
104pp, 145 x 200mm
ISBN 978-1-7395424-8-1
𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬
Lila Matsumoto
21 May 2026
In May, Monitor will publish 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, the third collection by Lila Matsumoto. We’re very excited to share this work with you. The book will be available to pre-order soon, with details of UK launch events this summer.
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In 1990, a girl moves to the USA. She goes to school, learns English, becomes an American citizen, and aspires to become a writer. But what is she to make of the extravagance, bombast, and damage she encounters in the new country’s language and customs? And what about the shrink-wrapped hunks of frozen meat, hurricanes, and the cat-eye marbles scattered on the road? Hugely pleasurable, in turns funny and dolorous, 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 examines how the act of writing declares a selfhood, but one that is always performative, looped, and curlicued.
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Lila Matsumoto’s publications include 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 (Prototype, 2021), which was shortlisted for the Forward Poetry Prize and recommended by the Poetry Book Society, 𝘜𝘳𝘯 & 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘮 (Shearsman, 2018), and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (In Other Words, 2024). She plays in the band Food People and teaches creative writing and poetics at the University of Nottingham.
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Designed by @joehalesstudio
104pp, 145 x 200mm
ISBN 978-1-7395424-8-1
🕊️ YET ANOTHER STACKED LINE UP FOR THE HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES 🕊️
We welcome the phenomenally gifted Jazmine Linklater to the shop to read from her harrowing & magnificent new long poem ‘Snagged on red thread’ which has been published as a pamphlet by @monitorbooks
Joining Jazmine we have readings from
💚 FRAN LOCK
💛 SASCHA AURORA AKHTAR
💚 HARRIET ROSE
💛 JD HOWSE
& Al (@al__anderson ) might read a poem or two as well.
🔥 free tickets but pls do book in advance as space is filling up fast 💿
Jazmine Linklater has a number of UK events for 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 this month.
We hope to see you! Thanks to the hosting shops, organisers, and writers Jazz is reading alongside.
9 March@thedoubletbar, Glasgow
AFK #10 (@spamzine)
with Kate Paul, Carle Gent, Ciara Maguirne, Meredith MacLeod Davidson & Michael Calve
10 MarchUniversity of Sheffield
Centre for Poetry and Poetics
with Susie Wilson, Antony Rowland, Tom Branfoot
19 March@1b.books, Newcastle
with Jo Clement, Ilisha Thiru Purcell
in collaboration with @nwnnewwritingnorth
20 March@aatmamcr, Manchester
@hellowavegoodbye Series
with Bonnie Hancell, Wet Meat, Bela Kiss, and more
28 March@housmans_books, London
Housmans Poetry Series
with Sascha Aurora Akhtar, Al Anderson,
JD Howse, Fran Lock, Harriet Rose
Jazmine Linklater has a number of UK events for 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 this month.
We hope to see you! Thanks to the hosting shops, organisers, and writers Jazz is reading alongside.
9 March@thedoubletbar, Glasgow
AFK #10 (@spamzine)
with Kate Paul, Carle Gent, Ciara Maguirne, Meredith MacLeod Davidson & Michael Calve
10 MarchUniversity of Sheffield
Centre for Poetry and Poetics
with Susie Wilson, Antony Rowland, Tom Branfoot
19 March@1b.books, Newcastle
with Jo Clement, Ilisha Thiru Purcell
in collaboration with @nwnnewwritingnorth
20 March@aatmamcr, Manchester
@hellowavegoodbye Series
with Bonnie Hancell, Wet Meat, Bela Kiss, and more
28 March@housmans_books, London
Housmans Poetry Series
with Sascha Aurora Akhtar, Al Anderson,
JD Howse, Fran Lock, Harriet Rose
Jazmine Linklater has a number of UK events for 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 this month.
We hope to see you! Thanks to the hosting shops, organisers, and writers Jazz is reading alongside.
9 March@thedoubletbar, Glasgow
AFK #10 (@spamzine)
with Kate Paul, Carle Gent, Ciara Maguirne, Meredith MacLeod Davidson & Michael Calve
10 MarchUniversity of Sheffield
Centre for Poetry and Poetics
with Susie Wilson, Antony Rowland, Tom Branfoot
19 March@1b.books, Newcastle
with Jo Clement, Ilisha Thiru Purcell
in collaboration with @nwnnewwritingnorth
20 March@aatmamcr, Manchester
@hellowavegoodbye Series
with Bonnie Hancell, Wet Meat, Bela Kiss, and more
28 March@housmans_books, London
Housmans Poetry Series
with Sascha Aurora Akhtar, Al Anderson,
JD Howse, Fran Lock, Harriet Rose
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