Hollywood or Home

Hollywood or Home

Paperback (02 Oct 2023)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Kathryn Gray's long-awaited second collection Hollywood or Home, has as much ruthless glamour as any old Hollywood movie. These worldly-wise poems are seriously playful and playfully serious as they explore celebrity culture. Spectres of Hollywood - moguls, politicians, starlets, and monsters - leap from screen to page. Common tropes are observed, and industry secrets revealed.

In decadent celebrity culture, where a star is born every minute and becomes a flop even more quickly, these fierce and funny poems open space for the writer to reassess failures and successes, to overcome writer's block, and to remember that we never stop longing for our old dreams to come true. Writing at the top of her game, Gray manages to find spectacle - and survival - out of Hollywood's brutal disdain for failure.

About the Publisher

Seren

Seren

Seren is an independent literary publisher, specialising in English-language writing from Wales. Our prize-winning list has something to offer anyone with an interest in excellent writing. Our aim is not simply to reflect what is going on in the culture in which we publish, but to drive that culture forward, to engage with the world, and to bring Welsh literature, art and politics before a wider audience.Over its thirty year existence Seren has developed into one of the most interesting publishing houses in Britain. Based in Bridgend and aiming primarily to give voice to outstanding writing in the English language from Wales, Seren continues to nurture and publish new talent whose quality is recognized around the world.At the heart of our list is a good story told well or an idea or history presented interestingly or provocatively, what used to be called literary publishing before accountants and managers gained ascendancy. We?re international in authorship and readership though our roots remain here in Wales (seren = star in Welsh) where we prove that writers from a small country with an intricate culture have a worldwide relevance.

Book information

ISBN: 9781781727126
Publisher: Seren
Imprint: Seren
Pub date:
DEWEY: 821.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 106g
Height: 215mm
Width: 138mm
Spine width: 8mm