Maryville by Joelle Taylor

'Taylor's poetry is as dangerous as it is dexterous . . .A wildfire blazing free' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'Kaleidoscopic in its breath, structure and humanity . . .Both selfless and intimate' ANTHONY JOSEPH

From the T. S. Eliot and Polari Prize-winning author of C+NTO & Othered Poems comes an innovative collection exploring the scars, hopes and potentialities of dyke counterculture and the queer underground.

With a vividly sketched cast of characters, award-winning poet Joelle Taylor uses the Maryville butch bar as a lens through which to consider the underground histories of queer London. The violence and pain of oppression and the beauty and intimacy of community are rendered in awe-inspiring high definition in a collection as filmic as it is familiar. A hybrid chronicle, magic trick, prayer and insurrection, Maryville conjures ghosts back to their bodies, a community to their feet.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 POLARI PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 SKY ARTS AWARDSA POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION

Format:Hardback 192 pages
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Poetry
ISBN:9781526680488
Published:6 Nov 2025
Classifications:Poetry
Weight:264g