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In Monomaniac Liam Bates monopolises the prefix mono, each title beginning there, and though the titles are monomorphic the poems are anything but, always offering acute detail and humour. Bates writes with an eye open for the stranger aspects of modern life, confronting the self, adolescence and mental illness, never monotonous, his is a surrealism completely his own, rooted in the more than real. The central paradox here is: must we be defined by a defining moment? When a fifty-foot monolith appears in the garden, for example. Monomaniac showcases a special talent, writing in full technicolour.…mehr

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In Monomaniac Liam Bates monopolises the prefix mono, each title beginning there, and though the titles are monomorphic the poems are anything but, always offering acute detail and humour. Bates writes with an eye open for the stranger aspects of modern life, confronting the self, adolescence and mental illness, never monotonous, his is a surrealism completely his own, rooted in the more than real. The central paradox here is: must we be defined by a defining moment? When a fifty-foot monolith appears in the garden, for example. Monomaniac showcases a special talent, writing in full technicolour.
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Autorenporträt
Liam Bates is a poet originally from the Black Country, currently living in Cambridge. His poems have been published by various publications including Ambit, Popshot, Abridged and Anthropocene and have been commended or shortlisted in competitions by Magma, Bridport Prize, Creative Future and Wolverhampton Literature Festival. His first two pamphlets are available from Broken Sleep Books, winner of the Michael Marks Publishing Award 2020, and he is currently working towards his full-length debut, with funding from Arts Council England. This is expected for release in summer 2022. Liam is experienced in leading workshops and reading poems and has many years of experience working with young people.