Help Ik meld mij af Ed Roberson

Ed Roberson

'I’m in disbelief that these poems were written over thirty years ago by someone born in 1935

Winner of the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Poetry Collection at the Forward Prizes 2022

Je moest me eens zien

Susana Thénon (1935–1991) is a key poet of the ’60s generation in Argentina

Help Ik meld mij af Ed RobersonSteven Zultanski Death obsessed, whiny, disengaged, and overinvestedthe four long poems in Help theatricalize feelings that are usually considered childish. The author set up conversations and games between friends which were then transcribed, edited, and embellished. Participants were asked to talk about the deaths of acquaintances, secret hiding places, unmet needs, and childhood methods for rejecting attention. The resulting poems mostly read like