The City

Overview

A captivating exploration of urban life, memory, and art through experimental verse. Stav Poleg's debut collection, The City, delves into the heart of modern existence, navigating the complex landscapes of London, New York, and Rome. These poems capture the essence of cities as both physical spaces and emotional states, revealing what they contain and what they lack.

Poleg's innovative style blends lyricism with fragmented narratives, inviting readers to explore the relationship between language and reality. Through recurring motifs of rain, rivers, and mirrors, she examines themes of identity, loss, and transformation. This collection, featuring work from Lights, Camera and New Poetries VIII, is perfect for readers seeking thought-provoking and evocative poetry. Discover a new perspective on the urban world and the human condition.

Reviews

'I love how [her work] quietly shows what poetry can do that film can't' —Ramona Herdman, author of A Warm and Snouting Thing

Author Biography

Stav Poleg's poetry has appeared on both sides of the Atlantic, in The New Yorker, Kenyon Review, Poetry London, Poetry Ireland Review, PN Review, and elsewhere. A selection of her work is featured in New Poetries VIII (Carcanet, 2021). Her graphic-novel installation, "Dear Penelope: Variations on an August Morning," created with artist Laura Gressani, was acquired by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Her theatre work was read at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and the Shunt Vaults, London, and most recently at Kettle's Yard gallery, Cambridge. She lives in Cambridge, UK.