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A Ballad for Kitty Cockroach
Contributor(s): Chandler, Keith (Author)
ISBN: 1911048392     ISBN-13: 9781911048398
Publisher: Fair Acre Press
OUR PRICE:   $5.70  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 2019
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- Poetry
Physical Information: 0.1" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.15 lbs) 36 pages
 
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This ballad is based on the idea that, in the event of ecological catastrophe, insects such as cockroaches might be most likely to survive and adapt.

"Even the Human Race

So much more loathsome than ourselves

I daresay has its place."


Contributor Bio(s): Chandler, Keith: - Born in Nigeria, educated at Christs Hospital and New College, Oxford, Keith Chandler worked as a schoolteacher in Liverpool, London and Norfolk. His latest collection, The Goldsmiths Apprentice, was awarded The International Rubery Award for best independently published poetry collection in 2018, the title poem also winning a runner-up prize in the National Poetry competition.