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'Long before I knew I was sick, I knew I was breakable . . .' After
years of unexplained health problems, Polly Atkin's perception of
her body was rendered fluid and disjointed. When she was finally
diagnosed with two chronic conditions in her thirties, she began to
piece together what had been happening to her - all the
misdiagnoses, the fractures, the dislocations, the bone-crushing
exhaustion, the not being believed. Some of Us Just Fall combines
memoir, pathography and nature writing to trace a fascinating
journey through illness, a journey which led Polly to her current
home in the Lake District, where outdoor swimming is purported to
cure all, and where every day Polly uses the natural world to help
tame her illness. Polly delves into the history of her two genetic
conditions, uncovering how these illnesses were managed (or not) in
times gone by and exploring how best to plan for her own future.
From medical misogyny and gaslighting, to the illusion of 'the
nature cure', this essential, beautiful and deeply personal book
examines how we deal with bodies that diverge from the norm, and
why this urgently needs to change. This is not a book about getting
better, this is a book about living better with illness.
In Much With Body, Polly Atkin displays her gifts as a vibrant and
provocative contemporary nature poet. The dramatic landscapes of
the Lake District and the diaries of Dorothy Wordsworth give rise
to these poems. A life-long negotiation with a set of chronic
health conditions, brings urgency to her warning we can't expect
nature to save us.
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I Have Found a Song (Hardcover)
Patience Agbabi, Polly Atkin, Valerie Bloom; Illustrated by Sonia Boyce, Hew Locke, …
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"I Have Found a Song" is a fascinating collection of poems and
images published to mark the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the
Slave Trade Act. It originated in a commission from Arts Council
England for 12 poets to write on the theme of enslavement, which
has resulted in a richly diverse selection of new poems.
Interspersed with these are elaborate and exciting visual
contributions by five artists invited by "Enitharmon Editions" to
produce work on the same theme. The de luxe edition of the book is
accompanied by a portfolio of signed original prints, and each
artist has also contributed additional sequences of images
reflecting on enslavement in its many forms. The poets include
Patience Agbabi, Polly Atkin, Valerie Bloom, Jean 'Binta' Breeze,
Fred D'Aguiar, Helen Dunmore, Bernardine Evaristo, Paul Farley,
Jacob Sam-La Rose, Iain Sinclair, Hugo Williams, and Benjamin
Zephaniah. The artists include Sonia Boyce, Hew Locke, Shanti
Panchal, Chris Steele-Perkins, and Paula Rego.
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