Sandpaper & Seahorses by John Froy debut the way that the large

the way that the large and small events of life dance a quantum quadrille with language in the light received and emitted by the writer's mind

Populated by a menacing and hilarious cast of characters

The world of Beauty/Beauty is ‘built from the nose/out

Lois Lane and Antigone feature in an unlikely cast of heroines through which O’Malley tests the mythologies of motherhood and femininity (‘no mother is ever good enough until she’s dead’

‘Thom Gunn smuggled the lyric tradition out of post-war Britain

Sandpaper & Seahorses by John Froy debut the way that the largeFrom Costa Rica to Japan, Somerset to Cumbria, and taking in Antarctica too, with oceans and islands as seen from a small boat, John Froy's second collection draws its concerns from human vulnerability and ecological anxiety.