A Voice Coming From Then

Poetry Category WINNER Wales Book of the Year 2022

Emerging from Jeremy Dixon's teenage suicide attempt and expanding to encompass themes of bullying, queerphobia, acceptance and support, with humour, magic, discotheques and appearances from Victorian demon, Spring-heeled Jack.Jeremy Dixon's first full poetry collection A VOICE COMING FROM THEN starts from his teenage suicide attempt and expands to encompass themes of bullying, queerphobia, acceptance and support. Includes unexpected typography, collage, humour, magic, discotheques and frequent appearances from the Victorian demon, Spring-heeled Jack. Shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year English Language Poetry Content warning, some of the poems deal with the themes and the language of physical and verbal bullying, swearing, queerphobia, queerphobic language, attempted suicide and suicide.