For Fans Of: Momtaza Mehri
she is ‘too old’ for the children’s hospital yet ‘too young’ for the adult ward
passionate about politics and history
Factories are closing
The chapters celebrate the ‘moving’ power - personal and political - of works which engage with questions of identity
Giant Crabs and Spiders Manya Wilkinson For Fans Of: Momtaza MehriKant and marmalade, a solemn talk with a lift, an existential struggle with something from IKEA, an absurdist discussion of meaning in poetry, or a disquisition on the nature of windows: Robin Thomas is a poet of high imagination, always looking for the unusual angle and finding it over and over in this, his latest collection. Giant Crabs and Spiders ranges across philosophy, painting, music, literature, politics, history, science, and what its like