plastic by Matthew Rice Anne Bradstreet A book that defies both

A book that defies both time and death

There’s No Pluto in this Suite is a playful collection that blends formal and free verse

but rather a transformation or correction of the imaginative terms in which ‘home’ is seen

Her pamphlet Teaching a Bird to Sing was published in 2016

Joseph Minden is a poet and schoolteacher based in Brighton

plastic by Matthew Rice Anne Bradstreet A book that defies bothBringing together memoir, ekphrasis, and satire, PLASTIC is based on Matthew Rice's experience working in a plastic molding factory for ten years. Illustrating alienated twenty first century Irish labour in poetic form, PLASTIC engages with the inflictions and implications of a 'post industrial,' 'post Troubles' society, all while weaving in depictions of factory work from literature, film, and the visual arts. PLASTIC is a poem about feeling a