SOLD OUT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n What\u2019s great about editing The Rialto, or any poetry magazine, is the chance you give to the unexpected. The risk that reading through poet after poet, often good, or good enough, you can suddenly discover writing that is truly excellent. One such poet is Lorraine Mariner, who Carole Satyamurti calls \u201ca modern day Stevie Smith\u201d.<\/p>\n The poem that convinced me of her excellence is \u2018In My Worst Moments\u2019, which I think is one of the funniest and most skillfully written poems of the decade. Lorraine is another Rialto success story: her pamphlet Bye For Now resulted in a plethora of invitations to give readings and her full collection is coming out from Picador in 2009. The first printing of the pamphlet quickly sold out. We reprinted it and there are still a few copies remaining. Buy now as they\u2019re sure to be Collectors\u2019 Items when she\u2019s thoroughly famous. Stanley<\/strong><\/p>\n Yesterday evening I finished My other reasons were as follows: He took it very well Lorraine Mariner was born in Essex in 1974 and read English at Huddersfield University, followed by Library and Information Studies at University College London. She lives in Upminster and currently works as a librarian at The Poetry Library on the South Bank.<\/p>\n “Lorraine Mariner’s delightfully idiosyncratic poems are full of surprises. Consistently engaging and artfully improvised around the patterns of conversational speech, they are also – often when one least expects it – marked by a poignant tenderness. There’s a wise-child knowingness about these vivid scenarios of innocence and experience, of choice and its consequences. “I know now about the repercussions” says one of her speakers, but that never diminishes the meticulous relish with which this entertaining poet explores the situations which give rise to them.” John Mole<\/em><\/p>\n (The Rialto Bridge Pamphlet 2005) The poem that convinced me of her excellence is \u2018In My Worst Moments\u2019, which I think is one of the funniest and most skillfully written poems of the decade. Lorraine is another Rialto success story: her pamphlet Bye For Now resulted in a plethora of invitations to give readings and her full collection is coming out from Picador in 2009. The first printing of the pamphlet quickly sold out. We reprinted it and there are still a few copies remaining. Buy now as they\u2019re sure to be Collectors\u2019 Items when she\u2019s thoroughly famous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1473,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[171],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1939","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-bridge_pamphlets","7":"product_shipping_class-books","9":"first","10":"outofstock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1939"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1939"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Michael Mackmin<\/em><\/p>\n
\nwith my imaginary boyfriend.
\nHe knew what I was going to say
\nbefore I said it which was top of my list
\nof reasons why we should end it.<\/p>\n
\nHe always does exactly what I tell him
\nNothing in our relationship has ever surprised me
\nHe has no second name.<\/p>\n
\nall things considered.
\nHe told me I was to think of him
\nas a friend and if ever I need him
\nI know where he is..<\/p>\nAuthor Biog<\/h3>\n
Review<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nISBN 0-9527444-7-3 Price \u00a35.50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"