Threads
If Alice landed in London not Wonderland this book might be the result. Threads is the first collection from Nathan Evans, each poem complemented by a bespoke photograph from Justin David and, like Tenniel’s illustrations for Carroll, picture and word weft and warp to create an alchemic (rabbit) whole.
On one page, the image of an alien costume, hanging surreally beside a school uniform on a washing line, accompanies a poem about fleeing suburbia. On another, a poem about seeking asylum accompanies the image of another displaced alien on an urban train. Spun from heartfelt emotion and embroidered with humour, Threads will leave you aching with longing and laughter.
‘A poetic, performative landscape where the everyday bumps up against memories, dreams and magic.’ MARISA CARNESKY
Nathan Evans
Nathan Evans is a writer, director and performer whose work has been funded by Arts Council England, toured by the British Council and broadcast on Channel 4. His poetry has been published by Dead Ink, Inky Needles, Manchester Metropolitan Univerity and performed at Southbank Centre, Hoxton Hall.
