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Prickle

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Rachel Cleverly has mastered the art of sly transgression. The voice of her debut has a knack of rendering notions you feel perhaps can’t or shouldn’t be said. A deadpan dissection of modern living set against a backdrop of bed bugs, boyfriends, remote job interviews and incisive introspection, Prickle is finely and effortlessly balanced, capable of extracting a laugh or smile through a deft turn in spite of the ever present sense of disquiet and unease; somehow managing to feel both completely anchored in the present moment and timeless in the same turn. 

Rachel Cleverly is a poet, playwright and producer. She is a Barbican Young Poet and an Old Vic Theatre Maker. Her writing has been shortlisted for the UEA New Forms Award, commended three times in the Winchester Poetry Prize, and published by The North, SPAM, and ACHE Magazine, among others. As a producer, Rachel has worked with organisations such as the Southbank Centre, the National Centre for Writing,The Poetry Society, the National Literacy Trust and Audible. Prickle is her debut pamphlet.

‘The world of Prickle opens and you are transfixed. If this were a TV show, each poem would be an episode offering new insights into the mind of Rachel Cleverly, whether awkward or thoughtful.’

~Yomi Sode

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