OUR LATEST PUBLICATION
Elizabeth Cook: Tumbling
I thought I would still be the me
that I was when you lived when
you died. I could not then see
that your death would bereave
me not only of you but of me.
The poems in Tumbling are written from loss — of partner, friend and family. There is grief but also curiosity and openness to the sometimes surprising ways in which these essential relationships persist and change. The poems are written with Cook’s characteristic precision and intensity — never heavy and with humour often breaking through.
Elizabeth Cook was brought up in Dorset, lived in Suffolk with her late partner and now lives in East London. Her poetry includes two collections from Worple Press (Bowl and When I Kiss the Sky) and a pamphlet (The Sound of the Rain) from The Garlic Press. Her fiction includes Achilles (Methuen) and Lux (Scribe). She has taught in universities, prisons and a Franciscan friary and has written the libretto for a Passion oratorio.
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MARISCAT presS Wins THE 2023 MICHAEL MARKS publishers’ AWARD
The judges said:
Two Mariscat pamphlets MX SIMP by Kate Hendry and Skin and Blister by Blake Morrison made it onto our shortlist for the Poetry Award. Their submission also included three other extraordinary and wonderful pamphlets. We were impressed by the consistently high standard of the poetry, and the individuality that shone through the presentation of each pamphlet even while it retained a Mariscat ‘feel’ (partly literally, as Mariscat pamphlets are very tactile objects). We also found the scrupulous attention paid to finding the right typeface for each pamphlet incredibly impressive (and a bit mad?!). What a wonderful Press.
