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Chuffed to get an advance copy of this today. It looks very much the dog’s bollocks / cat’s pyjamas / hamster’s dungarees etc.

My cat would have been proud to have seen her poem referenced in it, too.

Let Sleeping Cats Lie publishes on 26 Sep and can be pre-ordered here: linktr.ee/brianbilston
A pic of the front cover of my new book, featuring a cat asleep atop a human. On ‘,,,;;pppppp’[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’ Upon returning to my desk, having left it temporarily in search of biscuits, I discovered my cat had written another poem on my laptop. It was called ‘,,,;;pppppp’[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’ and while it constituted one of her more difficult pieces, it was also the kind of poem which rewarded repeat reading. I was struck by its experimental structure, the absence of line breaks; indeed, not one single space between any of the poem’s 10,000 or so characters. One of the work’s central motifs – ‘jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk’ – was, by turns, reassuring and unsettling, while the symbolism of ‘###################’, hinted at our 21st century preoccupation with social media. And yes, there were perhaps a few elements which did not work: twelve whole pages containing just the number 7 seemed a little excessive, while her introduction of the character T was not altogether convincing. But who could not be moved by that devastating final line, its message of hope piercing our hearts like an arrow: 333333333333333,,,
August 30, 2024 at 9:54 AM
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Climate change will inevitably stop being a hazy future concern and will someday turn everyday life upside down. At the risk of causing counterproductive doomism, I offer observations and speculations on how the planetary crisis may play out. 1/25
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...
When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down? » Yale Climate Connections
Intensifying extreme weather events and an insurance crisis are likely to cause significant economic and political disruption in the U.S. sometime in the next 15 years.
yaleclimateconnections.org
August 19, 2024 at 2:33 PM