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Black Mascara (Waterproof) is a glamorous and lively debut exploring relationships, popular culture, and the enduring power of teenage memories.
Published 1st February 2021
Black Mascara (Waterproof) is full of wicked invention, retelling the story of a road crash love affair through the muscular language of the racing bike and the Campagnolo Super Record groupset. Catching sight of a former lover ‘makes my iPhone flicker / with the ghost of a Nokia brick’. All kinds of inanimate things come alive enthusiastically in these poems: the stiletto heel, the music stand, the microphone, a wand with no spells, making every poem a delightful surprise.
Imtiaz DharkerI really enjoyed the ambition and the craft in this pamphlet; the poet is confident and skilful enough to write in long lines with or without stanza or couplet breaks or in tight pieces of prose that ripple over the mind long after you’ve read them. Love and the possibilities of love and intimacy are examined and celebrated and quotidian adventures like bra fittings and running mascara are given the power of myth.
Ian McMillanIn Black Mascara (Waterproof), Rosalind Easton depicts the female experience through an intoxicating cocktail of Hollywood glamour, the literary canon and the surreal. A potential lover is evoked by a ‘peacock suede stiletto’, the poet’s grandmother is reincarnated as a novel, and Elizabeth Taylor takes over a school curriculum. Easton wears her cultural references on her sleeve – and her bra strap – inviting us into a world where David Gilmour, Coleridge and Shania Twain can all meet during a Mayfair lingerie fitting. These are witty, sexy poems that strut across the page
Natalie WhittakerRosalind Easton grew up in Salisbury and now lives in South East London, where she works as an English teacher. After a first degree at Exeter University, she trained as a dance teacher and spent several years teaching tap, modern and ballet before completing her PGCE at Bristol and MA at Goldsmiths. She has recently completed her PhD thesis on Sarah Waters. Black Mascara (Waterproof) is her first collection.
| Weight | 0.087 kg |
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| Dimensions | 21 × 0.5 × 14.8 cm |
| Publication Year | February 2021 |
| ISBN | 978-1-912196-41-8 |
| Pages | 34 |
