Five artistic influences: REPUBLIC (Wales Arts Review)

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The good people form Wales Arts Review asked me for five key influences on the writing of REPUBLIC- so I went with first thought best thought. I  believe these to be true (at least for a prose volume  reflecting on language, music and community… ) FIVE ART WORKS- WALES ARTS REVIEW

New volume and launch on 17th March in Goldstone Books Carmarthen 6-7:30pm

  Republic Nerys Williams   here  9781781726969 •  Poetry • Paperback • £9.99 “Republic is the explosive new poetry collection from Nerys Williams. In it she opens a window on life in rural west Wales during the 1980s and 90s when arts and culture boomed. English and Welsh-language post-punk bands, politics, feminism and family life are thrown together on the page as she questions what constitutes a republic?”   Praise for Republic “Nerys Williams has written a ‘gold rush’ of a book, at times explosive and at other times meditative and soulful. Her vignettes, richly poetic, zing and thrill, delight and haunt. You will want to slow down your reading… Read More →