The men I keep under my bed by Alvy Carragher
“it’s not very feminist to consider myself a mouldy slut
I’ve agency over my body and all that 21st-century shite”
A young woman wakes feeling raw and tender after a one-night stand. She leaves a strange man sleeping in her bed and goes running. Marked by the anxiety of living in a city that does not feel like home, she must face the memories and men kept under her bed.
“it’s not very feminist to consider myself a mouldy slut
I’ve agency over my body and all that 21st-century shite”
A young woman wakes feeling raw and tender after a one-night stand. She leaves a strange man sleeping in her bed and goes running. Marked by the anxiety of living in a city that does not feel like home, she must face the memories and men kept under her bed.
“it’s not very feminist to consider myself a mouldy slut
I’ve agency over my body and all that 21st-century shite”
A young woman wakes feeling raw and tender after a one-night stand. She leaves a strange man sleeping in her bed and goes running. Marked by the anxiety of living in a city that does not feel like home, she must face the memories and men kept under her bed.
About the Author
Alvy Carragher is an Irish poet and writer based in Toronto. She has published two books. Her first collection of poetry Falling in love with broken things was published in 2016 by Salmon Poetry and her children’s novel The Cantankerous Molly Darling was published in 2019. She received first-class honours in her MA of Writing from the National University of Ireland, Galway. As a performance poet, she featured at events like Electric Picnic, Edinburgh Fringe Fest, RTE’s Arena and the Cúirt International Literary Festival. She represented Poetry Ireland at a reading in the Lincoln Center, New York as part of the Poetry Ireland Introduction Series in 2016. You can find out more about her work at www.alvycarragher.com
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Praise for The men I keep under my bed
The deliberate and considered syntax and artful pacing unfolds a self, not just a situation.”
Eavan Boland
“A skilful and sensitive poet who possesses a high degree of psychological insight and tact, and her portrayal of the emotional undercurrents between people is at the same time forceful and subtle.”
Eva Bourke
“Carragher makes art that transcends the particular to find and describe truth and beauty in apparently broken things.”
Eleanor Hooker
“Carragher is, in short, a real writer. Her words tend to stick with you, partly because she always has a real story to tell.”
Kevin Higgins
“A moving study of big poetic subjects such as family, difficult relationships and loss, and while such themes have been explored by many poets, Alvy brings to it a freshness that is totally hers. In a voice that is natural and without sentimentality, it carries a lovely musicality and holds its own on the page.”
Geraldine Mills
Publisher: Salmon Poetry
Date Published: Thursday, July 22, 2021
Paperback, 116 pgs.
ISBN: 9781912561278
