Books by Fran Lock
“Fran Lock’s Hyena! comes at the reader with all the feral energy of its totem animal; it’s a devouring and hallucinatory work that channels the embodied grief of the queerminded into a mirror for our age. At its deep heart’s core is a righteous and riotous engagement with working class culture’s magnificent anarchic spirit.” Read more...
Notable Poetry Books of 2024: The Inaugural PEN Heaney Prize Shortlist
Paula Meehan, Poet
Interviews where books by Fran Lock were recommended
Notable Poetry Books of 2024: The Inaugural PEN Heaney Prize Shortlist, recommended by Paula Meehan
Seamus Heaney argued that poetry might not change the world, but it could change our perception of the world. Now, a new prize set up in his name seeks to honour exciting new work with a political edge. Poet Paula Meehan, one of the judges of the inaugural PEN Heaney Prize, talks us through their shortlist of six poetry books and pamphlets we should be reading in 2024.