Talking Pillow

by Angela Ball

Talking Pillow celebrates love as amazement, sustenance, and the progenitor of scarce-believable loss. The book centers around the sudden death of the author’s long-time partner and travels outward to events in the world at large. Imagining themselves into multiple times, places, and lives, the poems comically explore the possibilities of attachment between people and the absurdity of death’s sudden intrusion. Antic and often funny, these poems converse with all that we care about, fear, and fail to understand.
 
 

Genres: Poetry

72 pages, Paperback

First published November 9, 2017

Reviews

[Benjamin Niespodziany · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really strong collection. While I preferred 'Night Clerk at the Hotel of Both Worlds', this was still an enjoyable read. Funny. Honest. Playful. Magical. I'll have to check out Ball's other collections once my library re-opens.

I particularly love that when I searched for this book in the Goodreads search box, the options were Pillow Talk // Pillow Talk // Pillow Talk // Talking Pillow.

Favorite poem, favorite title: https://twitter.com/neonpajamas/statu...