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cardiff cut
A 20th anniversary edition with a foreword by Peter Finch, cardiff cut is witty, obscene, defiant; an anarchic Joycean monologue steeped in the city of Cardiff. Neither truth nor fiction taken from real life or what seemed for an instant.
150 pages, Paperback
Published March 7, 2022
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About the author
Lloyd Robson
12 books6 followersPoet, novelist, broadcaster, workshop tutor, freelance book designer/typesetter; International Projects Editor, Parthian (Wales); Contributing Editor, Rattapallax (USA). Awards and grants received include a Society of Authors/John Masefield Trust writer’s award; a Welsh Assembly Govt Commission for New Welsh Writing; Arts Council of Wales Buying Time and Published Writer’s Bursaries; Arts Council of Wales Visual Artist and Design Fund grants.
Lloyd often works abroad and in recent years has worked in Australia, mainland Europe, India, Japan, Sierra Leone, USA, and Zimbabwe. He divides his time between Cardiff and New York and leads a creative writing project in Sömmerda, Germany, every July. Employers include Academi, British Council, Wales Arts International, Welsh Assembly Govt. Previous positions include Writer-in-Residence, University of Wales School of Art, Media & Design, Caerleon. He has written commissioned documentary scripts for BBC Wales TV and BBC Radio Four.
Whether penning crash poems, keeping an amphetamine diary or nailing down a bit of psychogeographic prose lloyd robson imbues his work with a wit and vigour that sets him apart from cosier contemporaries. By mixing typographical experimentation with an urban aesthetic he has managed to capture some of the manic flux of city life, revealing it in all its seedy glory. But it's not all chips, draw and the delights of the 24 hour garage - beneath the streetwise attitude is a genuine love of words and language.
Lloyd often works abroad and in recent years has worked in Australia, mainland Europe, India, Japan, Sierra Leone, USA, and Zimbabwe. He divides his time between Cardiff and New York and leads a creative writing project in Sömmerda, Germany, every July. Employers include Academi, British Council, Wales Arts International, Welsh Assembly Govt. Previous positions include Writer-in-Residence, University of Wales School of Art, Media & Design, Caerleon. He has written commissioned documentary scripts for BBC Wales TV and BBC Radio Four.
Whether penning crash poems, keeping an amphetamine diary or nailing down a bit of psychogeographic prose lloyd robson imbues his work with a wit and vigour that sets him apart from cosier contemporaries. By mixing typographical experimentation with an urban aesthetic he has managed to capture some of the manic flux of city life, revealing it in all its seedy glory. But it's not all chips, draw and the delights of the 24 hour garage - beneath the streetwise attitude is a genuine love of words and language.
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