Silver by Rowan Ricardo Phillips language author of Cruel Modernity (Duke

author of Cruel Modernity (Duke University Press)

“Marked by a distinctive combination of savagery and ennui

Featuring twenty paintings

cast across psychological (and socio-political) time and space

Silver by Rowan Ricardo Phillips language author of Cruel Modernity (DukeA work that reminds us of the singular and glorious power of poetry in our complex world. Silver is a collection that shines with a guiding principle, that poetry: 'part physics, part faith, part void', can be found wherever it is looked for. Virtuosic in style, sharing the dexterity of the legendary Argentinian footballer, Lionel Messi, who is conjured in its pages, the poems shape shift through blank verse, elegy, terza rima and rap. Phillips is