Description
Award-winning poet Nick Papaxanthos's first collection is a rollicking, fast-frame, strobe-light-illuminated tour through the surrealism of the ordinary. These poems, composed while getting a haircut or investigating the contents of a sandwich, peer through the windows of the mundane into a world of fractured wonder. The reader will find encounters with a rebellious spoon, a terrible bucket, a talking blanket and disillusioned farm animals. Each line in these poems is cannily alert to the endless and strange possibilities of language. Love me Tender has been braised to perfection to ensure tenderness.
About the author
Nick Papaxanthos was born in Cyprus and lives in Montreal. He is the author of the chapbook Teeth, Untucked (Proper Tales Press, 2011) and the winner of the 2014 John Lent Poetry-Prose Award for his chapbook manuscript Wearing Your Pants. His work has appeared in This Magazine, Cosmonauts Avenue, Lemonhound, Lake Effect 5, and elsewhere. He is also a jazz pianist and is fond of sandwiches.
