An Arbitrary Light Bulb
by Ian Duhig
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A Poetry Book Society Choice
An Arbitrary Light Bulb is Ian Duhig’s most personal collection of poems to date. It takes its title from the most common type of household bulb – yet one whose name is virtually unknown, like many people these poems celebrate.
Duhig finds in the arbitrary an image for the randomness of inspiration and of life, haunted here by deaths of family and friends. He laments the lost but also responds to the glories of our existence, especially among the overlooked, with humour, technical variety and contagious pleasure.
Starting out from ‘contrary Leeds’, his home for half a century, Duhig’s poems roam widely through history, art-forms, loves and injustices, fired by the desire to share it all with his readers: knowledge, joy, anger and wonder.
'The most original poet of his generation' Carol Ann Duffy, Guardian
The book, An Arbitrary Light Bulb [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781035033201 in Paperback by Ian Duhig may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 20 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
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- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Author
- Ian Duhig
- Format
- Paperback
- Published
- Feb 11, 2025
- ISBN-13
- 9781035033201
- ISBN-10
- 1035033208
- Pages
- 80
- Carton quantity
- 64 copies
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