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Ghost Lives: Cursed Edition
Alex Mazey's playful text art sequence follows Ghost through a hyperreal metropolis beset with neoliberal temptation and eschatological peril. Woven between the visuals are virtuosic lyric poignant, philosophical and irreverent. Mazey gamifies this astute, genre-defying collection with an intricate plexus of symbolism, mysticism, numerology, reference and ritual. Haunting and haunted, Ghost Lives paints an eerily recognisable picture of how it feels to be lonely, or, in other words, to be human.
"In Alex Mazey's singular fusion of visual and Cute poetics, join Ghost as they pass through the liminal spaces of empty car parks, hotel corridors and lighthouses – searching for, but never quite finding, connection. Part poetry collection, part minimalist comic, in which our reality shifts from the political to the virtual, from FBI raids to survival horror-style locales – in which we are both the possessor and the possessed. Ghost reassures us that it's heartbreaking to be human, and society is set up to fuel that loneliness. But, there is light within the gloom of capitalism's ennui. Most notably the glow of vending machines at night – or is that the afterlife?" Matthew Haigh, Death Magazine
"In Alex Mazey's singular fusion of visual and Cute poetics, join Ghost as they pass through the liminal spaces of empty car parks, hotel corridors and lighthouses – searching for, but never quite finding, connection. Part poetry collection, part minimalist comic, in which our reality shifts from the political to the virtual, from FBI raids to survival horror-style locales – in which we are both the possessor and the possessed. Ghost reassures us that it's heartbreaking to be human, and society is set up to fuel that loneliness. But, there is light within the gloom of capitalism's ennui. Most notably the glow of vending machines at night – or is that the afterlife?" Matthew Haigh, Death Magazine
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July 15, 2025
A modern, unique and exciting collection. I particularly enjoyed 'On Exit Signs', 'Ghost Lives' and The Rain of This City'. It's book I will go back to and read more than once.
June 17, 2024
alexa play despacito
March 25, 2024
This was a very unique poetry debut from Alex Mazey. 'Playful text art sequence follows ghost...' describes this collection perfectly. I find poetry collections more difficult to review as you never know exactly what the writer it trying to portray with each poem but I feel like the reader takes their own impression from each poem and its style. I for one, thought there was a mixture of fun and a dose of realness too.
Page 49 could portray some symbolism. For example, the signs of angels when we see feathers. 'An entire childhood can be relived as a streaming service' could be showing the easiness of everything that is in reach nowadays and how different it was to people's childhoods when we would have to sit down infront of the television and watch it live at the correct time because there wouldn't be a chance to watch it on 'ITVX' the next day.
'Ghost walks through an underpass' feels like it's showing the stark contrast of distractions or interests that grab peoples attention. All these different people reaching out to promote hugely diverse subjects.
'I'm lonely on a hallway of other people' s line in the KTV poem speaks so much truth to me. Nowadays with the intense presence of social media and technology you can be in a room with a hundred people yet feel so ignored and disconnected because people are reaching out for that next goal they want to reach on one of their platforms.
Some of Ghost's antics throughout the book were humourous and some truthful. Some look as if they could be describing being socially outcasted, the daunting uprise of AI and feelings of anxiety and hopelessness.
I liked this debut because i was reading something unalike anything I've read before which was enjoyable and entertaining. A diverse range with something for everyone.
Page 49 could portray some symbolism. For example, the signs of angels when we see feathers. 'An entire childhood can be relived as a streaming service' could be showing the easiness of everything that is in reach nowadays and how different it was to people's childhoods when we would have to sit down infront of the television and watch it live at the correct time because there wouldn't be a chance to watch it on 'ITVX' the next day.
'Ghost walks through an underpass' feels like it's showing the stark contrast of distractions or interests that grab peoples attention. All these different people reaching out to promote hugely diverse subjects.
'I'm lonely on a hallway of other people' s line in the KTV poem speaks so much truth to me. Nowadays with the intense presence of social media and technology you can be in a room with a hundred people yet feel so ignored and disconnected because people are reaching out for that next goal they want to reach on one of their platforms.
Some of Ghost's antics throughout the book were humourous and some truthful. Some look as if they could be describing being socially outcasted, the daunting uprise of AI and feelings of anxiety and hopelessness.
I liked this debut because i was reading something unalike anything I've read before which was enjoyable and entertaining. A diverse range with something for everyone.
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