The tone is laconic
passionate about politics and history
they shape their lips to your name
Tell ’em Nothing marries the sardonic moral and political explorations of a Flannery O’Connor to the surreal
‘lit every candle in the room
Giant Crabs and Spiders Manya Wilkinson The tone is laconicKant and marmalade, a solemn talk with a lift, an existential struggle with something from IKEA, an absurdist discussion of meaning in poetry, or a disquisition on the nature of windows: Robin Thomas is a poet of high imagination, always looking for the unusual angle and finding it over and over in this, his latest collection. Giant Crabs and Spiders ranges across philosophy, painting, music, literature, politics, history, science, and what its like