Highly-educated perfectionist and Philip Larkin expert, Patrick Davidson Roberts is one of the UK's most preeminent working poets. From humble Northern beginnings, his journey has included brushes with heroin, suicide and severe bouts of mental illness, which he addresses with great candour and insight. His extraordinary first collection - The Mains - was published in 2018 and prompted the following from the poet Fran Lock: 'This is a resonant and necessary collection. The language is sharp, exact, and in places acutely unconsoled. It is haunting, spiritually probing, and brave, with a rigorous rather than reckless bravery. You read it, rapt, and only afterwards realise you have been holding your breath.'
LINKS
The Mains
Poems - http://wildcourt.co.uk/new-work/1170/
Review & Buy - https://tinyurl.com/y4vhshtr
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Release date: July 30th 2019
Runtime: 68m
Recorded: London
