Greekling by Kostya Tsolakis
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION WINTER 2023 pamphlet where it resides and how

where it resides and how it survives

deeply humane and spiritually profound

and on into the quieter late poetry which synthesises the previous work and settles down into a post-vanguard style

nuthatches nest in bicycle baskets

Parliament is battling the King

Greekling by Kostya Tsolakis<br><b>POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION WINTER 2023</b> pamphlet where it resides and howGreekling, the much anticipated debut poetry collection by Kostya Tsolakis, celebrates and commemorates damaged and rejected Greek bodies, be they of flesh and blood, made of marble, or natural bodies. In intertwining Greek culture, history and poetic influences with the contemporary queer experience, this collection is perceptive, lyrical, and deeply evocative of time and place. From an Athenian childhood to a closeted adolescence in the shadow of